I rode the garage door.

Yes, that's right.
I rode the garage door.

So, Hubby was out of town last week.
Thursday morning---Gage & I were loaded down with our bags & belongings, and decided to cut through the garage to get to the car parked in the driveway.
I get us loaded & buckled into the car, and push the button on my little clicker to shut the garage door.

Nuthin'....

So, I go inside the garage thinking that I will push that button....
Again, Nuthin'....

I was pissed, and of course, it was all Hubby's fault. I mean---afterall, this would not have happened if he'd been in town & home, right? And so, it was instantly his fault.

Now, mind you: my car is running in the driveway. My door is open. I'm about 7 feet away from my child & I can see him....

I jump up & try to shut the garage door by pulling on it. That doesn't work.

So....I'm staring up at this contraption suspended from the ceiling, when I see this red pull cord. It must be the magic cord.

Now---I don't really know what I expected to happen, but clearly, I hadn't thought the whole "red pull cord" situaion through...

So, I'm facing Gage, who is in the car, and I reach up & pull the cord.

Within less than a second, the garage door SLAMS down, and I'm hanging from the red cord which is suspended from the ceiling.
What the hell was I thinking?

And------I couldn't see my kid, who was now SCREAMING.

I let go of the cord, fall to the floor of the garage, & RUN through the house, out the front door to the car. Gage said, "Mommy, I was FREAKED OUT!"

In the end, all was well. I was late for work, but we all got where we were going safely.

When Hubby came home I told him about what happened. He went out & looked at the garage door. Um---when you're little like me, and you can't offer very much counter-weight to the garage door, then it slams down, and...in our case, bent the frame. Lucky us.

I was so suprised that the panels didn't fall down like a house of cards on Thursday morning.

So...anyway....that's my story about riding the garage door.
Beware of the red cord. In the future, I think I'll just call in on days like that...