Thursday morning, I got a text shortly after 8:00, from The Pony, questioning our Errand Day plans. Rather than texting back, I decided on a quick call.
"No, I don't really need any groceries. We'll just do the bank and gas and lottery."
"Guess who just knocked on my door right before 8:00."
"Oh, no! Your dad?"
"No. It was a furnace company. They asked if this was Thevictorian residence. I said yes, and they said, 'We're here to put in your furnace.' I told them I didn't NEED a furnace. That I already had one, but I could believe my dad sent them here. The guy pulled out his phone, and said, 'Well, this is the address, and it even says on the corner.' I told him, 'You need the OTHER corner, at the end of this block.' So they went down there to the flip house."
"Of course. That's your dad!"
"Yep. I saw the guy's phone. Dad had given them MY address!"
"What a pleasant way to wake up. I hate it when people knock on my door!"
"I had just gone to lie down in my second bedroom. You know how it is. Sometimes you just like a change when you're laying around the house doing nothing."
"I figured there would be things like this, knowing your dad, with Lap House so close to your house."
Anyhoo... I knew Lap House was getting the furnace on Thursday. I sent a check with Hick for payment. Renovations are underway. Maybe The Pony should be prepared for tradesmen traffic.
I love the Pony's sense of humor, ha!
ReplyDeleteThat droll sense of humor gave many of The Pony's high school teachers a chuckle.
DeleteWhy would Hick give The Pony's address?? Surely it is easy enough to give the correct house number!
ReplyDeleteIf I knew THAT, I would be able to understand Hick! The houses are in the same block, and one address ends in 00, the other in 06. The Pony has lived at one for 3-4 years now. You'd think Hick could remember the address. You know, since he got a couple letters about the grass being too high at that house...
DeleteI thought all old men gave out the wrong address ....
ReplyDeleteIt's more likely that young women are giving old men THEIR wrong address, heh, heh. And phone number.
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