Allison's Wonderland

Okay, this is a bit embarrassing, but I just had to write about it.

Let me start off by saying, locking myself in the bathroom was NOT my fault. There is something seriously wrong with the door.

Here's how it went...
The family and I went to Snow Fever Sunday night for dinner. We all got pizza and it was absolutely divine. As we're finishing up they start doing this thing called, "The Baby Dance," where Manu (a girl that works there) tries to get all the kids on the dance floor. They dance to songs that have choreography like the Hokey Pokey. That kind of thing. So, while Gian and Simona try to coerce Mattia into dancing, I head to the bathroom. I've been in this bathroom many a time before, and I know the door is a bit quirky. So I try and close it slowly so it doesn't close all the way, but its one of those sliding doors, and I slid it a tad bit hard. It slammed into the door frame. When I tried to open it back a little ways, it wouldn't budge. My heart started pounding really hard, as I'm a bit claustraphobic. I tried to calm myself down, and just do what I came to do first. After finishing my business, I tried to open the door again calmly without freaking out. After about 10 seconds of that I started to panic. As I pulled the handle on the door, I completely ripped the top part clear off. Screw and everything. I think someone may have been stuck in here before me, because I could not have done that all by my own strength. The panic was definitely setting in!

Here I am stuck in the bathroom not able to get out. I didn't want to call for help because seriously, it was embarrassing, but what was I to do? I start banging on the door as hard as I could. The door was a solid wooden door and after banging for about 10 seconds, my hand was on fire. Not a good idea. It hurt pretty bad. Plus, everyone's on the dance floor doing the baby dance with the music turned up loud. Nobody was going to hear me, but like I said I was panicking, so I didn't care. I just wanted out!!!

I tried to get my thoughts back together, because I let them run wild for a moment. Thoughts like, "I'm going to have to sleep in here. Gian and Simona will leave without me, thinking I walked home, and I'm going to be stuck in here all night till someone comes to clean." Thoughts like that. Luckily for me, I brought my cell phone to the bathroom (who does that?). I set my pride aside and phoned Simona. Yep, she didn't pick up. Baby Dance was either too loud for her to hear, or she didn't have her phone on her. I tried again. Nothing. UGH!!! So if two phone calls were not enough I texted, "I'M LOCKED IN THE BATHROOM!! HELP!" So now she had my embarrassing moment in writing. As I just sat there on the toilet, I tried to figure out what to do. I went up and tried the handle again. Put the top part back in and pulled with all my might. Nothing. So then I just tried wiggling the lock, wiggling the handle, and VIOLA! It finally opened! I was so relieved. I felt like a prisoner who just found freedom! After I was out, I asked Simona if she got my phone calls or texts. Come to find out she left her phone in the car. Once we got in the car she read my text, and just laughed super hard. Not my most shining moment for sure. Next time I use the toilet there, I'm going with the door WIDE open because I am NOT experiencing that again.