So this was a little too funny a story not to tell… So mom and I set off this morning to a Red Cross volunteers appreciation luncheon… We were looking pulled together, professional… Which for anyone who knows our rather crazy-hectic family, is a real feat… But we were definitely the perfect picture of the new-Garrison Commander’s wife and daughter that morning…
So we get to the building and realize we’re running a little late, so in a very non-Bird move Mom decides today is the one day in the history of of family that we’re going to take the elevator up the three flights of stairs that stand between us and the luncheon… So we step into a very competent and clean looking elevator with glass doors… All is fine and we might even make it to the lunch before the opening introductions…
Three flights up we go… And a sudden stop… Confused looks, followed by frantic pushing of every possible button before realizing that we aren’t getting out of this little glass box anytime soon… :-) The next 45 minutes proceeded rather hilariously with mom and I nearly in tears from laughing about our rather public predicament… It was yet another example chapter in a long list of awkward Bird family moments… We watched and awkwardly tried to avoid eye contact as person after curious person passed through the hallway of this rather busy building… They’d walk by, pause briefly, do a double-take, before running up and plastering their faces up against the elevator… And then let the questions ensue… “Have you tried pushing the button?!” {Well no… we hadn’t thought of that, but thanks… We’ll get right on that}… “Can you breath in there?” {Well we’re obviously still alive, so yeah we’re good for the moment…}… “Is it hot in there?” {Well since we’re being honest… Yeah, actually it’s getting a little warm… Thanks for asking}…
News spread quickly to the Red Cross banquet that the Commander’s wife and daughter were stuck in the elevator… And of course, no one can just take someone’s word for it… They all had to come see themselves (see above for the step-wise events that followed)… :-) We decided that since we had a working cell phone we would give Dad a heads up while we waited for the fire-department… And good thing! Cause wouldn’t you know Dad was in a meeting with General Ward not 2 hours later when the General received a phone call from his wife… “Hey Carl… Did you know that your wife and daughter were stuck in an elevator earlier this morning??” Needless to say we were out of the elevator without too much hassle and only about 45 minutes of waiting…
When we moved onto Patch Barracks our new neighbors told us that as the Commander’s family we would be living in a “fishbowl” with every move and action scrutinized… Little did we know that something as simple as an elevator-ride could make “life inside the fishbowl” a reality… :-)
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