close call

It's funny reading other people's blogs, as they tend to jog my memory and remind me of similar things that happened to me in the past. One such blog is a recent one that Eliza (cazile) posted about forgetting/losing her keys so that she could not get back into her apt. I recall one such incident that happened to me a while back. I was running a little late that morning as I was preparing to leave for work. I hurriedly washed up, got dressed, packed all my things and ran out the door. When I got to my car, I realized that in my rush I forgot my car keys. Unfortunately, my house keys are on that same keychain - so I couldn't get back into the condo complex. It's amazing what goes through your mind during those times - I was seriously considering at one point hot-wiring my car to get to work. Snapping back to reality, I was wondering what I was going to do - I was cutting it pretty close to being late. I couldn't call Duksim, as she had already taken the train downtown. I looked around and saw that someone was using a ladder to do some repairs to their condo. I was severely tempted to ask that person if I could use that ladder to climb up to my 2nd story balcony - since I also left the patio door open by mistake. I thought better of that, and started ringing people's buzzers in the lobby to see if anyone would let me in. Unfortunately it seemed that nobody was home, as no one was answering their buzzers. What are the chances of that...great!!! But finally the lady in the 1st floor left side condo opened her door and let me in, since she was right by the lobby door. I couldn't thank her enough, though I felt very embarrassed (I must have just woken her up). I ran upstairs, closed/locked the patio door, grabbed my keys, locked the door to our condo and proceeded to arrive late to work - though my boss wasn't around to catch me (luckily). Fortunately this was the only time I can recall having forgotten my keys at our condo - hopefully this will not jinx me into doing so sometime in the near future...