Blog Number 89

Greetings and welcome to today's random thought.

Well I was able to avoid death today.  Since it is Saturday and I do not shave on Saturdays, the wife could not attempt to end my life with Cruex (those of you who are confused will have to read yesterday's blog).  On the next several Saturdays, the son has soccer games and today was no different.  The mother-in-law and sister-in-law were able to attend as well.  This evening though the wife went out with them for dinner and a movie so I got bath duty.  Also, after the bath, we played 3 games of TriOnimoes (the 4 year old won each game).

This afternoon however, the rest of the clan went to a pumpkin patch and was was left all by my lonesome self.  I had no real desire to travel to the patch with the kids and they would have an equally good time with or without me so I took the opportunity to head to another Half Price Bookstore in hopes of finding more discounted CDs.  This store's selection was quite paltry compared to the first one that I visited so I was heading home a lot quicker than I originally intended to.  When I got back to the apartment I noticed a moving van backed up to my building.  I peeked inside and asked the 2 ladies who were in there if they needed any help.  The answer I was looking for should have gone something like this, "No, thanks.  We got it."  This however was NOT the response given.  All they said was a simple, "Yes."  So now I was stuck as there is no good way that I know of that you can withdraw your offer.

Fortunately for me, the van was about 75% emptied.  Also fortunate for me was the fact that she was moving into the a first floor apartment.  There were several boxes, a dresser, a mattress, a box springs and a few odds and ends so I jumped right in.  After a few introductions, I was helping her brother move the mattress and box springs.  He looked about like I imagined I looked after I had emptied my U-Haul a few months ago, tired and ready to be done.  But he was grateful for the help.  I remember when I pulled into the parking lot with my moving van.  All the other tenants kept their heads down and avoided direct eye contact.  I also remember how I felt when getting the cold shoulder and that is one of the reasons I volunteered my services.  That and the fact that the van was so empty (hey I can't help it I wasn't there when they arrived!).

Anyway, after everything was unloaded, I headed up to my apartment to fetch my toolbox so we could get the bed put together.  After that was done I said my goodbyes and let them know they were welcome to head up to my apartment if they needed anything.  Then I headed back upstairs and relaxed on the couch in front of the baseball playoffs.

All in all it was a pretty good Saturday.  I avoided death and got to help someone out, not a bad combination.

Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.

Jon