Warning - Sliding Doors

Warning: Don't try this at home. Or at church. Or at the grocery store. Just don't try it.

I have a clumsy husband. He'll readily admit that. Today he chalked another one up.

Lucy and I had been at the homeschool convention this weekend and then followed that with attending a concert. She was up very late last night so called this morning to ask if we were going to have a "B train" going to church today. (we travel 30 miles to church - sometimes we try to car pool especially when the schedule is not working in our favor - you know - life happens). The "B train" schedule would help us out as well. So, I got the girls ready and sent them with Brian who picked up Little Lucy who plays piano for opening. (That was the "A Train")

As Brian got the girls out of the car, Little Lucy helped them across the parking lot to the door of the church . One of the girls hit the sliding door button on the van. Brian was watching the girls go across the parking lot when he realized that he needed something out of the van. He reached back in without looking to push the button to open the door. The problem was: the door was already too close to closing. He missed the button and the door closed on his finger. He could not get his finger out of the door and the door locked.

Here's where the next problem came in. He was in my van. I have the keychain unlock on my keychain. He only had the key which opens the driver's side door. He was stuck in the door on the passenger's side. Of course the keys were also in his pocket on the same as the stuck finger. He had to reach across his body to get the keys out of his pocket so that Little Lucy could go around the car, unlock the door and open the sliding door.

The good news - his finger was not hurt too badly. We have a nurse  in our church who looked at it quickly and didn't think it needed stitches (there was a small gash). He lost some feeling in the finger which was concerning for a musician who plays piano! Thankfully after using ice to reduce the swelling the feeling was returning and he was able to play the piano tonight.