The Good Samaritan

Today Noah and I went to the pool. It was early afternoon and all the kids were still in school so we had the pool to ourselves. We have 2 pools in our neighborhood and we decided to go to the one up the hill because it is usually less crowded anyway. You have to have a key card to get into the pool because the HOA keeps it locked up. I opened the gate with our key card, we put all of our stuff down on a table in the shade and Noah and I jumped in the water. I quickly realized I needed my sunglasses that I left in my car so i made Noah get out and walk me to the car which i left unlocked since no one was around anyway. When we headed back to the gate i realized I left the key card sitting on the table with my keys, phone, and our clothes! We were locked out! Now, mind you, I am soaking wet and standing there in a swim suit wondering how the heck we were going to get back in. Luckily, the neighborhood mailboxes are right there and right about the time we got locked out a man pulled up to get his mail. Our neighborhood has apartment-like mailboxes where they are all together. I asked the man if he could help us and get his card and let us in. The man actually told me "No", said he didn't have it with him, got back in his car and drove off. I watched him drive 5 houses up the road and turn into his driveway!! I stood there in shock. I wanted to yell out several choice phrases but was trying to stay calm and positive since Noah was watching my every move.

A few minutes later a lady pulled in to get her mail. I asked her if she could help us, explaining i locked myself out and needed to get back in. She also told me "no" and gave me some dumb excuse about how she was late already for her gym class. I mean come on!! I am standing there with my child and we were locked out!! Both of these people live within walking distance of the pool (I know that because of where they got their mail) and neither would help us out. They both left us there.

As I am standing there stunned, another driver gets out of his car and heads to get his mail. He must have seen the look on my face that said 'I am so mad but if someone doesn't help us soon I am going to burst into tears with my 4 year old son watching as i am standing in the middle of the road in a bathing suit" and asked if i needed something. I blabbed out the story of me getting locked out and although he didn't seem thrilled to be helping me he did tell me to wait 10 minutes until he would be back with his key card. It was a long 10 minutes but we waited and sure enough he came back and let us in!

If that isn't a modern day version of the good samaritan, I don't know what is! Thank you dear man who helped us today and didn't leave us locked out any longer than we already were!! I hope someone helps you when you need it!!