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[la_rainette]

HOKAY.

So this weekend, we discovered that both girls had headlice.

Tadpole: Can I keep my stuffed toys?
rainette *stern* nope. the toys we can't wash in VERY HOT WATER have to stay in plastic bags for 2 weeks.
Tadpole: NOOOOOOOO! THAT'S TOO LOOOOOOOOONG!
rainette: ok. How about I put your favourites in the freezer for 48 hours?
Tadpole: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! THEY WILL BE SO COOOOOOOOOOOLD!!!!!!
rainette: but you can have them back earlier?
Tadpole: ...

So this is why our big freezer downstairs now mostly contains small rabbits of the stuffed variety.

And then, because NOTHING IS EASY AT MY HOUSE, Froglet borrowed Tadpole's speshul Christmas Padlock to lock her locker at school. And this morning, she lost the key.

Now Tadpole is mad, because a padlock without a key is useless, and it was her CHRISTMAS PADLOCK and thus her favourite. I am mad too, because Froglet's running shoes for the gym? are IN THE LOCKER. And I have to find a way to cut through it before she has off-ice practice for synchro skating, because the coach will EAT ME otherwise. I'd rather cut through a padlock than be eaten by a crazed synchro coach, and so would you, trust me. These people are badly, badly nuts.

How do you cut through a padlock? *ponders* Does anyone have an idea that doesn't involve going shopping for Special Tools, because I have no time to do that. As a matter of fact, I don't have enough FOOD in the house to feed my family until next weekend (and still no time to go shopping. Shopping usually happens on the weekend, but this weekend shopping was thwarted by the General De-licing Commando Operations), and my freezer contains NOTHING BUT STUFFED TOYS.

I used to have a normal life, a long, long time ago. Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever have it back.

Comments

[girlpearl]

I would think you could get through a not-especially-hardcore padlock with a cheapass hacksaw, which you can get at any kind of home improvement store for v. cheap. Also, if you ask the people at the home improvement store, they can usually give you a pretty good idea.

[copperbadge]

If it's a cheap kid's lock, you could try picking it with a bit of a paperclip; most kiddie locks don't need a key, just something to insert and twist.

Otherwise you'll need bolt-cutters. :/ Check with the custodian, they usually have some.

[la_rainette]

This is what happened this morning:

me: froglet, when did you last see your key?
Froglet: Sunday, on the table in the entrance. But then it was GONE!!!
me: ... u-huh. Did you look under the table?
Froglet: YES! But it was GONE!!!!!
me *goes to table, grabs plastic bag lying half open at the foot of the table, checks contents*
Key *gleams mischievously* Ta-daaa! You found me! Certainly took your time!
FrogleT: YOU FOUND MY KEY! BUT IT WAS GONE! GONE!!!!!!
me: took me all of thirty seconds, too.
Key *gleams smugly*

Whenever I hear "DID ANYONE FORGET A BOOK/A BAG/A GLOVE/A PAIR OF SKATING TIGHTS" I have learned to holler, "YES! RIGHT HERE!" and 95% of the time, it is indeed Froglet's stuff.

Maybe she'll grow out of it. Or maybe she'll be like my mum, perpetually looking for her keys or her glasses and sometimes both.

[la_rainette]

We gave it to Tadpole, not Froglet, so it's a decent padlock of the kind you would use to secure your bicycle. Also, we didn't keep a Security Key (because HELLO, we know Froglet, right?).

Anyways: I found it this morning.

me: froglet, when did you last see your key?
Froglet: Sunday, on the table in the entrance. But then it was GONE!!!
me: ... u-huh. Did you look under the table?
Froglet: YES! But it was GONE!!!!!
me *goes to table, grabs plastic bag lying half open at the foot of the table, checks contents*
Key *gleams mischievously* Ta-daaa! You found me! Certainly took your time!
Froglet: YOU FOUND MY KEY! BUT IT WAS GONE! GONE!!!!!!
me: took me all of thirty seconds, too.
Key *gleams smugly*

Yeah. My Froglet.

So whaddaya say? Post office today, or do I run a risk of it arriving too early?

[girlpearl]

Well, hey, I was totally like that as a child, and I grew out of it! Why, just last night I couldn't find my computer speakers, and then, I went to Best Buy, and there they were, right on the shelf!

*sigh*

Usually buying a replacement is the best way to get them to turn up, but even that didn't work last time. And! Computer speakers! It's not like--how do you MISPLACE those?

[la_rainette]

*giggles* I told Husband this and he was nonplussed ("how come they're not ATTACHED TO HER COMPUTER", was his comment).

But then, Husband is Notoriously Organized, and my poor unfortunate Froglet is, in that respect, Entirely My Daughter. I thend to buy a lot of replacements, too. *g*

CHECK YOUR FRIDGE. :D Many lost items somehow seem to end up in a fridge somewhere. Not necessarily yours, however.

So, you know: I tend to think that my lost items are keeping company to your computer speakers. They must be in a fridge somewhere, potentially in this galaxy.

[captainsblog.livejournal.com]

We have a saying round here: "You gotta laugh, because otherwise you gotta cry."

We laughed.

::hugs and bottles of Kwell to all::

[stress-kitten.livejournal.com]

Ugh... Lice. *shudders*

Good luck!

[darthrami.livejournal.com]

Oooooooooof. Here's hoping things get easier soon.

Is it a real padlock? Then I'm not sure. But if it's a kiddie one, you (or G) can probably break it with your hand. :(

[metallumai.livejournal.com]

stuffed toys in the freezer, head lice (my students called them "headlights") padlock cutters--eh. Normal=boring.

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

We laugh a lot, too -- sometimes it's a bit much when it all happens at the same time, but hey, what other option do you have? :) It's better to laugh, definitely.

I found the key this morning. It took me all of 30 seconds. Froglet promised she wouldn't lose the key again. She will keep her promise.

For about 30 seconds. :D

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's digusting, but it's not the first time and I know that if we got rid of them once, we can get rid of them again!

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

It's real enough -- it's Tadpole's, remember? :D We would not give Froglet a real, solid padlock with THE ONLY KEY OMG! We know her too well for that.

Anyways: I found the key, so all is well. :)

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

*nods* It did happen at school, and we just have the nicest janitor ever here, it's just that he's also the most overworked janitor and I was hoping to save him some trouble.

Thankfully, I found the missing key this morning. It took me all of thirty seconds. But then, Froglet is famous for losing things and counting on us to find them for her.

I keep hoping that it may get better with time, but my mum is nearly 70 and she still keeps losing her housekeys and/or her glasses. So, you know. Maybe she'll just have to learn to live with it.

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

*grins* Well, last time my life was normal I MOVED TO CANADA. So, you know: I never was really normal anyways.

Also, we found the key YAY!