When life is like a fairytale

Once upon a time (1998 or 1999), in a tropical land, far, far away (BYU-Hawaii), there lived a beautiful, but VERY near-sighted, princess named Whitney (yes, it was me).  In this beautiful land, our princess lived in an all-women kingdom (Hale 2), in her own small castle (dorm room)

which was about 6 steps away from a magical waterfall (the bathroom-toilets, sinks, and showers). The castle door had a knob which was the sort that, even when locked, could still be turned from the inside. When Princess wanted to wash, she was in the habit of stripping down in her castle, setting her eyeglasses on her desk, and wrapping up in a towel (in all fairness, it was a huge towel-about four feet tall by five feet wide), then she would grab her basket of toiletries, unlock her castle door, and go (partially) blindly to the waterfall. She'd just dress herself once she was again in her castle.

One day, the princess forgot a vital bit of her routine-- a mishap she didn't realize until after she had washed.
There she stood at her castle door, freshly washed, wrapped in the towel (purple, the color of royalty), her dark, curly hair dripping wet, her basket of toiletries in hand, and her eyes squinting (partially) blindly at the castle doorknob, which was outright refusing to turn. Crap. Her key was locked inside the castle, with her clothes. Crap. So our princess (partially) blindly walked toward the gatekeepers of the kingdom to get a spare key.  

However, the path to the gatekeeper's realm wound right past a common room in which men from surrounding kingdoms were visiting. Poor Princess was just too shyly modest to be wearing only a towel and then walk past a bunch of men. Instead, she walked back toward her castle, and started knocking on her neighbors' doors. It wasn't until the third door that she found a friend home, and dressed, who would go to the gatekeeper to get a spare key. And the princess was able to get back into her castle. She got dressed and put on her glasses and took the key back to the gatekeepers. She went back to her castle, only to find it locked with her key inside. Again. 

At least she was dressed and glassesed this time when she went to get the spare key.  It should be made known that Princess is not always this much of an airhead.  Just sometimes ;-)