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I locked myself out of my house and car!  

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So, the award for the second worst preggo brain goes to me. I had my appt with my MW at home this morning. She left, I threw some things in the dryer, put on my jacket, got ready to go back to work. Set the alarm, walked out the door, closed it - and boom - realized my keys were not in my jacket pocket. :

Fortunately, I had my wallet, and miraculously I had change, and even more miraculously, we just had a pay phone installed in the newly renovated corner store beside our house a couple of months ago.

Of course it took me several tries to figure out how the phone works - turns out that the cost of a phone call has increased by 100% since I last made one from a pay phone.

So DH had to get a co-worker to drive him home (since I had the car) so he could let me in and I could get my keys and then we all headed back to work.

When I got to work, I announced to people that, although they may not have known it, it was official, I was pregnant and I had the preggo brain to prove it!
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Oh my goodness! Glad things worked out ok!
post #3 of 5
That is actually one of my biggest preggo brain fears! You definitely get an award too. Glad you were able to get ahold of your DH!
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I did this TWICE in two weeks back in the spring. Both times were on a Tuesday. I told DH I was no longer allowed to lock doors on Tuesday.
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My "mothering" you post now.... a public service announcement!

I'm going to fuss at you... because you said that you put things in the dryer before you left the house. :

My parents had a rental house burn down because of this- I mean, completely burn to the ground. Lint is VERY flammable and if your dryer gets hot enough and there is lint in the right place at the right time.... poof!

The firefighters said that it is the #1 thing they tell people NOT to do is leave the dryer on while they are away from the house, other than smoking cigarettes in bed. The renters lost EVERYTHING in the fire. It was scary and sad

And FYI.. you have to actually push the OFF button or turn the dial to off... don't just open the door to end the cycle- it can actually still run some with the motor or whatever they said.

Microwaves can combust if you leave the time on them too. Make sure if you have one you always clear the timer or it can restart and explode if it is empty.

Scary stuff.

Anyway.. that's my unasked for advice

Manda
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