Thursday, August 17, 2017

Unknown talents

When the key for the lock box has been missing for months and you have searched everywhere again and again. You have asked every person in the house to search at least twice and you finally have to admit the key is gone, so you Google locksmiths in your town and then realize when you find one that it's too late in the day to call so you make a note to call tomorrow and then because you just don't want to give up you check a few more places and then say to the passing 13 year old "could you look for that key again" and she rolls her eyes and says I've done that twice. "Well go for three" you say and she walks away grumbling.  A bit later you turn as you hear her approaching carrying the lock box and exclaiming "I did it!!" You glance at the box and sure enough it's open.
"You found the key?!! I  ask excitedly. "No, I picked the lock" she says holding a bobby pin and I stare at her in shocked awe not quite certain if I should be horrified that my 13 year old has mad lock picking skills or if I should be impressed that she has mad lock picking skills. "You amaze me" I said. She grins and says "I thought that only worked in movies"

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