A Good End to a "Crappy" Day

My day yesterday was jam packed to the point that I had to transfer everything on the calendar to a large sheet of paper and put everything in chronological order. The day started with Jonathan at Marching Band. He rode his bike and locked it to a tree. At 9:25 a.m., he called me with a "little problem". He'd lost the key to his bike lock and wanted to know what I was going to do about it. I told him "I don't have time to do anything about it" and asked what was he going to do about it. He asked for a ride home. We checked on YouTube to see how to pick the U-Lock, but the only video that pertained to his type of U-lock involved filing hacksaw blades down and creating other picks with odd sized paperclips. Dan told me to try to bust the lock apart with a car jack, I asked about drilling the lock and was told it wouldn't work. In the afternoon, we went down to the high school to try to break the lock apart with a car jack. My attempts failed. Jonathan went into the school to see if the school had anything that could destroy the lock. Mr. Custodian came out with a bolt cutter (that I knew wouldn't help) and failed to cut through the lock.

There wasn't anything left to try (and Jonathan had a clarinet lesson) so it was time to go. (Time for the crappy part) I went to put Miles in his car seat. He'd pooped. I grabbed the diaper bag from the back of the Subaru and found a shady place to change Miles. I get the diaper off, grab the wipes and find that the wipes are completely dried out (and this changed really required wipes). I cleaned him off the best I could with dry wipes then resorted to spitting on my baby to try and get him clean. I ran out of spit before Miles was clean. There was only one option left. I told Jonathan to bring me a bottle of Powerade from the car. Yes, I cleaned my little one's bum with Powerade. It worked and he didn't seem to mind.

I called Dan and told him that the lock was now his problem. Remember that earlier in the day I'd asked Dan if drilling through the key mechanism would work and he was sure it wouldn't, but when the lock removal project became his, he decided that drilling the keyhole was a great idea. So back to the school we went with a drill, bits, extension cord, inverter box (because the cordless drills need to be charged and there wasn't time to charge them before this adventure so we needed a way to power the drill), and car (to provide the power). Dan started drilling the keyhole, changed the bit to a bigger size, and within seconds had the lock apart! Jonathan was thrilled. Dan and I were shocked that it was that easy to drill through the locking mechanism when it was impossible to break/cut the lock apart.

The bike is saved; the lock is destroyed. the crappy day was over. All's well that ends well.