Friday, June 17, 2011

" BOOM BOOM BANG BANG PART 2 "

IT MUST BE MURPHY'S LAW, BUT NOTHING IS EVER AS EASY AS IT SEEMS !!  WE MANAGED TO GET THE OLE MAN OFF THE ROOF SAFELY, PAID HIM FOR HIS WORK, AND SILLY ME THOUGHT THAT WAS THE END OF IT.  NOW I CAN CALM BACK DOWN AS NO ONE FELL OFF THE ROOF OR GOT HURT, AND HOPEFULLY THERE WERE NO HOLES LEFT IN OUR ROOF WHEN HE LEFT.  NEXT PROBLEM??  MIKE TELLS ME THAT HE CAN NOT GET THE GARAGE DOOR TO GO BACK DOWN.  NORMALLY WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT IS JUST A MATTER OF MOVING A COUPLE OF THINGS OUT OF THE WAY SO THAT THEY DO NOT BLOCK THE TWO LITTLE EYES AT THE BOTTOM.  NOT SO THIS TIME.  I MOVED EVERY THING IN SIGHT, EVEN STUFF HIGHER UP JUST HOPING THAT SOMEHOW THE GARAGE DOOR WOULD GO BACK DOWN. STILL NOT.  NOW I START LOOKING FOR OTHER POSSIBILITIES.  AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES, I FOUND THE PROBLEM.  THE CABLE HAD BEEN DISLODGED BY THE OLE MAN (NOT SURE WHICH OLE MAN) GETTING THE LADDER OUT OF THE GARAGE.   THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THAT MY RENTAL CAR IS IN THE GARAGE, AND THE DOOR IS STUCK RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.  A FEW HELPFUL NEIGHBORS SHOW UP AND RAISE THE GARAGE DOOR AND TELL ME TO GO AHEAD AND BACK THE CAR OUT NOW.  I DID, OR AT LEAST I TRIED, BUT THEN THE GARAGE DOOR DECIDES ALL BY ITSELF TO COME DOWN-RIGHT ON TOP OF MY RENTAL CAR!!!  AT THIS POINT I CAN NO LONGER BREATH.  I AM SOUNDING LIKE A FROG CRAWLED UP MY VOCAL CHORD.  I CAN NO LONGER SPEAK EITHER.. THAT SAME HIDEOUS SOUND IS ALL I CAN MAKE.  MY DEAR SISTER VICKIE (STILL WITH A HUGE CAST ON ONE ARM) POURS ME A GLASS OF WINE AND MAKES ME SIT OUTSIDE ON MY BACK PORCH AND TAKE DEEP BREATHS.  I WAS TRULY AFRAID I WAS GOING TO WIND UP IN THE ER!!!  SOON AFTER I DOWNED THE WINE AND GOT SOME FRESH AIR IN MY LUNGS I WAS SOUNDING SOMEWHAT BETTER, AND COULD NOW BREATH.  THE OUT COME??  A NEW GARAGE DOOR FOR THE POULTRY SOME OF $800.  I KNOW MIKE HAD GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT THE ROOF CLEANING JOB THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO COST US ONLY $6O. HAS COST A WHOLE LOT MORE-NOT TO MENTION THE WEAR AND TEAR ON MY NERVES!!!  LIKE I SAID YESTERDAY-EVERY DAY WITH MIKE IS AN ADVENTURE-BUT NOT ALL ADVENTURES ARE FUN!!!  TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME

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