"How to get attention in a new neigborhood? Easy, smack a window." (Long post)

"How to get attention in a new neigborhood?  Easy, smack a window."

What a day it was with a weird and silly ending, let's start with the silly part. I was the silly one though, I was about to get some grocery, I decided to walk cause the weather was to bad to go on a bike, the store was a 10 minute walk. I grabbed my coat and closed the frontdoor behind my back, now what I normally do when I close the frontdoor is checking if I have my keys with me, before I close the door. But this time I checked while the door was closed, (silly me) ofcource I didn't had the keys with me, I was locked out! I couldn't get in! Damn, I checked if there was another way to get in, but no, everything was locked. I went to a few neighbors, maybe they knew what to do or maybe they had a solution. But no, one neighbor told me that I should call the technical service from my housing corporation, but my phone was inside and the neighbor didn't had a phone either nor did she know the number of that service, sigh!

There was just one thought that kept going trough my mind, "I will have to go to the police, they sure will have a solution or maybe even a key what fits on every door." I had to walk cause I couldn't get into to the shed where all the bikes were, cause I didn't had a key. As soonI walked out of the building I realized that  I can't either come into the building again, aswell there is a key needed for. Sigh! It was quit a walk to the police but I was determind, I had to do something.I think I walked a little 20 minutes till I arrived, I had to search for the police station first. What a nice way to get to know this city, lol. I never been into a police office before and there I was. I told the officer my story and the first thing he told me was, "You have to break into your house, perhaps break a little window." Quit akward to hear that from a police officer, lol. In other words the police couldn't much for me in this situation, the second option was that the officer knew a store where they make keys, it's a key maker. 

The officer gave me direction to the key maker, and there I went, it was another long walk. Arrived there I told my story once again, the key maker wanted to know what kinda lock I had. I explained him that, and he could help only it will cost me a 100 Euro, he has to drill out my doorlock and puty a new lock in it. Sigh, I didn't know what to do, pay 100 Euro and I'm done with everything, or brake a window and let the windowbe  fixed by the technical service. I didn't know if that service will cost me to and how much, and I will prolly have to wait untill Monday, cause the service doesn't work on weekends. But 100 Euro is alot of money, decisions, decisions. I decided that I will let the key maker come, in the meanwhile I will will try to break a little window near by my frontdoor, if I succeed I will call the keymaker and call him off. Alright. They keymaker will come after 6:00 cause then his store will close and he can go.

I headed back to my house, I was thinking to buy some grocery first, I still had plenty of time before 6:00, it was only 5:00. But I wanted to solve the 'getting in my house' problem first, and how do I even get into the building. It was quit a walk again, the weather was cold, windy and here and there there was a huge heavy rainstorm. I thought about a solution while I was walking how I could get into the building, I know the neighbor under me, maybe she was at home and could let me in. And yeah she was home, I stood infront of her window and waved. This woman has so many plants and porceline infront of her window, she could barely see me, lol. But she saw me trough a few plants and letted me into her house. She's an old lady (76) and has a lung disease, she's been operated on her troath for cancer. She has a little hole in her troath, and in that troath she has a little 'something' so she could speak. Everytime she wanted to speak she had to held her finger on that 'something' on her troath. Very nice lady. 

I told her about that I was locked out, she laughed actually, cause I sure wasn't the first one she told me. While we talked her Son came walking in, very friendly guy aswell, I think he was around my age. And he could help me with getting in the house, he offered to help me out. "I can prolly take your kitchen window out and put it back in," he said, by the look at him he looked like a carpentry. He went to his car to take out his tools and together we walked to my frontdoor. We talked while he went to work, but the kitchen window couldn't be taken out, sigh! The window was attatched on the inside, that's why it wasn't possible. Two solutions left, break a window or the keymaker. The keymaker was a bad idea said the carpentry, in the meanwhile another neighbor came aswell. He also told me that I wasn't the first one who overcame this. Okay, the solution was, break a window, I letted the carpenter break the window cause he had the tools for it. 

The window was a bit plastered, so a nice hole in the window was the result. Pity though about the window, but okay it was also a relief to be back in my house again. I learned my lesson well today! Don't leave home without a key, or prolly I could leave a key somewhere, hidding it. That is what the neighbor always does, works perfect. I got in the house and thanked the neighbors, a nice way to get to know them, lol. I sweeped the glass of the floor and tried to cover the hole in the glass, with succes. I will have to call the housing corporation this comming Monday, they will call a glass service to come to my house and put a new window in. I have a surance of that, so if it's good I will have a to pay nothing. Just a little bit worried about burgelars tonight but I covered the hole well, so I think I should be good.


My new counselor visited me today aswell, he came in the morning. We had a nice update about the things we done so far and what still had to be done, everything is going as plan, it's all going smooth he told me. In the end of our talk he told me "Let's go to a cheap store to buy you a TV," I told him, "Are you paying?" He laughed, and he told me that I have the money for a TV, and that I shouldn't worry that much about your money. Yeah I prolly worry a bit, but hey, no wonder, right? I planned this weekend to take it easy with my money, and then the TV offer, lol. While having doubts about the TV, I just decided to go. Into the store we looked around and saw a few nice Tv's for a nice price, the TV seller though told us he hadn't had the TV I wanted in stock, I will have to buy it as it stands there. I would get 10 Euro off, "hmm, naah, I will think about it first," was my answer. Sarajoh (My counselors name) and I went back to my house, the TV had a few scratches that's why I didn't buy it. "Good choice said Sarajoh." 

Let's make a deal," said Sarajoh, "You come to Humanitas in Hengleo (City) where I work your next appointment, then we will buy a new TV in my town." So, next Friday I will come to  Humanitas in Hengelo by train, I will meet Sarajoh 10:30 there and together we will buy a new TV, for a low budget. I will be brought home by Sarajoh. Perfect! You can say I saved money today, lol. First the TV I didn't buy and then the key maker who I didn't need anymore. Oh yeah, the keymaker, well, he came after 6:00, but the problem was already kinda fixed. I letted him in and explained him that I called a few times but no one answered. (I did) The keymaker told me that I should have kept trying, he was a little upset. Oh well, shit happens to everyone right?