I think that yesterday was the hardest that I've laughed in weeks. I was running a little late to a meeting we had and I quickly jogged to the elevator. Houser was already upstairs and I was supposed to meet him. I got in the elevator right after a Thai man and the doors closed behind us. Little did I know that I wouldn't see them open for a long time.
So, the elevator goes up two floors and for some odd reason the door doesn't open as it should. We frantically press all of the buttons, but to no avail. I just start laughing like crazy. SOme people when they get nervous or scared, fiddle with their hands, some get angry or start talking too much, I laugh. The poor Thai guy is just looking at me like I'm a little crazy and then he starts laughing too. He finally pushes the help button and has a long conversation in Thai with the operator. We wait for about 5 minutes before we hear anyone coming for help. Five minutes isn't a long time in normal circumstances, but at this point we're sweating a little and the Thai guy is telling me he's supposed to be at the airport in half and hour.
So the people come and we see their flash lights and hear some noises outside. Really, it felt like we were in some sort of movie. Then a couple of them try to pry the doors open with their hands. I start laughing really loud with great strength of heart. My sister gets embarassed of me sometimes when we're out in public together because I laugh too loud. This would have been one of those times.
We hear all sorts of banging noises and the elevator falls a couple of inches. The poor Thai guy and I just look at each other with big eyes. I was just thinking, I have no way to tell anyone that I'm in here. The Thai guy has a cell phone, but I don't even have any way to call anyone, no numbers. So the kind rescuers outside are diligently working to free us. About 20 minutes later, we feel the elevator moving slowly and hope fills our hearts, well at least mine. Sure enough the elevator is working again and we were saved. It took another 15 minutes to find Houser though becasue he was worried becasue I was supposed to meet him much earlier and went out to try and find me.
After the meeting, we went out for coffee with our friend Sunny, and two of our friends who are going to China. This coffee shop is brand new and beautiful, it was about 10:00 pm at night. Our friend Sunny is hilarious and so much fun to be around. She truly has the heart of a child. She was running ahead of us and and suddenly we all heard this loud "thwack," and saw Sunny crumple to the floor. This place had glass doors and for some reason she didn't see them and ran straight into the door. We all start laughing so loudly that tears were filling our eyes and our stomachs hurt. She said that she was looking at the beautiful coffee mugs inside and didn't see the door because it was so clean. The guy couldn't even take our order properly because he was laughing so hard. We told them to maybe keep the doors a little more dirty so that people wouldn't get hurt. The whole night we could hardly talk about anything else because it was too funny.
So last evening was filled with great laughter.
