sofa bed adventure/tale of kindnesses
after working until 7-ish last night and needing to put in a bunch of hours more, the husband reminded me that the sofa bed we've been eyeing for the office/extra guestroom went on sale that day. he really wanted to check it out. after nearly 10 years of marriage, i recognized resistance was futile.
and while i thought that this trip to costco was merely a fact-finding mission, he understood it to be a gathering expedition. by 8:30 pm i found myself outside a closed and locked costco with a sofa that didn't fit into the truck.
luckily a really nice guy came by and saw our dilemna. he offered up his mostly empty panel van and loaded the sofa in and drove it to our house. wouldn't accept a dime for his trouble, although his little son said he would. so the husband told the little guy to treat his dad to an ice cream -- the final stop on their evening of errands.
(yes, virginia and everyone else, people like that do exist. i guess it was karmic costco payback for all the shopping carts we've put back, heavy things we've lifted into people's cars, times we've picked up stuff that our friends couldn't put in their vehicles, etc.)
so sofa bed home but in the driveway, we enlisted the assistance of a neighbour, who felt slightly beholden since we've gotten his mail and watered his garden every time he's gone away. i moved furniture to clear a path, boxed in the bulldog with the sofa cushions so she wouldn't get in the way and made sure i was around to help lift when they needed help.
thank god, the neighbour was able to help because there's no way i could have done what he did. it would have been an evening of tears (mine) and swearing (the husband's) for sure.
two nice people. neither had to help. each could have easily just gone about their business and enjoyed their evening. although we thanked them profusely, it hardly seemed enough for their efforts.
and while i thought that this trip to costco was merely a fact-finding mission, he understood it to be a gathering expedition. by 8:30 pm i found myself outside a closed and locked costco with a sofa that didn't fit into the truck.
luckily a really nice guy came by and saw our dilemna. he offered up his mostly empty panel van and loaded the sofa in and drove it to our house. wouldn't accept a dime for his trouble, although his little son said he would. so the husband told the little guy to treat his dad to an ice cream -- the final stop on their evening of errands.
(yes, virginia and everyone else, people like that do exist. i guess it was karmic costco payback for all the shopping carts we've put back, heavy things we've lifted into people's cars, times we've picked up stuff that our friends couldn't put in their vehicles, etc.)
so sofa bed home but in the driveway, we enlisted the assistance of a neighbour, who felt slightly beholden since we've gotten his mail and watered his garden every time he's gone away. i moved furniture to clear a path, boxed in the bulldog with the sofa cushions so she wouldn't get in the way and made sure i was around to help lift when they needed help.
thank god, the neighbour was able to help because there's no way i could have done what he did. it would have been an evening of tears (mine) and swearing (the husband's) for sure.
two nice people. neither had to help. each could have easily just gone about their business and enjoyed their evening. although we thanked them profusely, it hardly seemed enough for their efforts.
posted by jooles_p at 9:31 AM
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