Shocking

This wasn't funny when it happened. These things never are. And when version 1.1 is iterated to you in hysterics, laughing is out of the question. It wasn't funny. I was really concerned. But when it's retold, it's hard not to laugh at what happened as a result of it. This is a story from The Queen and her day.

She was helping out at school as part of the PTA in getting ready for their fall book fair by making copies of some flyers to be sent home with the students come next Monday. With her in the copy room was Sassy Pants, and Sassy Pants was going to be bored since this would take awhile. As such, The Queen had her bring some things she would want to play with to keep her occupied while The Queen made her copies. 

At this moment, nothing in Sassy Pants' backpack held any interest for her, and she was being generally difficult, and rather than do anything The Queen said while she was stapling notes to flyers, Sassy Pants decided she'd lay out on the floor under the table. Not to be frustrated, The Queen said fine, and went on with her stapling. 

Something came up, and The Queen left the room for a second to talk to the secretary (she was in the school office making the copies; you know, home of all the high power school folks who don't hang out in classrooms). Suddenly, an electrical pop sounded, the alarms went off, and the power went out. When The Queen went to check on Sassy Pants she held out her thumb because it hurt.

You see, apparently Sassy Pants got bored on the floor, and without mommy, she decided to explore. She found some staples on the floor and subsequently found herself a power outlet which I suppose functioned as the lock to the princess' castle and she held the keys in the form of those staples. The key went in the lock, and as you can imagine, no door opened. However, she did blow the circuit breaker for that part of the school, leaving the office personnel momentarily without computers or phones, and the alarms went off. I sure hope they saved their work.

Once the breaker was back on, computers and phone systems rebooted, Sassy Pants was left with a burned thumb, but no worse for wear any other way. Yes, I asked several times if she was ok. She did spend a fair amount of time in her room once the Queen got home, so she would not strangle the child in sheer frustration. 

The Queen had a meeting back at the school at 11, and she wasn't sure they'd let Sassy Pants back in the school, but that meeting went off just fine, and Sassy Pants stayed quietly strapped into the stroller. She was not allowed out.