I left my place okay. Screen door was frozen shut, but I left after getting it to open. Went to grocery store and bought a few things. Came back.
Door was beyond frozen shut! Could not get open for the life of me. In fact, door handle pulled off in my hand. Tried getting at the hinges, but the hinge plate wouldn't pop out. Couldn't get the windows to open either. Tried heating the mechanism with a lighter, but couldn't get it hot enough.
So I gave up. Went to the manager's office and started writing a note. Elaine came out to see what I was doing. Told her door broke. She got her husband. He tried the door. No luck. He tried the windows. No luck. We walked around back and tried those. No luck.
Went back to the office to grab the stepstool and pull apart one of the back windows. Stopped to try the front again on the way. Door was locked somehow. Hinges won't pull out because of screws on interior of jamb. Windows are painted/swollen/frozen shut. Pulling caulk off the windows did nothing other than crack a pane. Tried again with my usual window (habit of leaving keys in place and door locks automatically). Finally got the upper section to pull down. Tried getting the screen door open from there, but not tall enough to see what I was doing and didn't seem to help. He tried. No luck. Both of us almost fell out of the window when we tried.
Finally got the bottom pane to pull up. First foot was like pulling a ton of bricks. Got it up enough to get through. Pushed screen door open from there. And talked about it. Bad seals on interior means moisture freezes on exterior, etc. He used a putty knife to scrape off a lot of it and I came in to warm up. I'm so flipping cold! Fingers feel numb/frozen, feet are beyond chilly, and all of me just feels like I spent most of the hour outside. Because I did!
Now does anyone see why I want to move?
