I was driving home tonight from doing laundry and noticed that the traffic light by my building was out. That was odd. Then I hauled my basket into the building and noticed the lights were out.
Fuck.
Of course the elevator wasn’t working. So I hauled my laundry basket back to the car ’cause I wasn’t about to carry it up 6 flights of stairs … and by the time I climbed up the stairs I was a hot, sweaty mess. It was 87 degrees at the time and probably hotter in the stairwell. UGH.
I was more pissy at the time about the prospect of not being able to watch the Wings game than the lack of A/C. I told Miss Sodapop I was going to pray and I did. Normally I am not in favor of asking God for something like a favorite team winning. But I asked for the opportunity to see the game, because I believe the Wings will win tonight, and to be able to share the experience with my dad, even though we are 250 miles apart, because I really wanted to be in Michigan for this game, to watch it with him.
A few minutes later I went into the other room and noticed that the green light was on the cable box! The power was back! Wheeeeeeee! I sent my dad a “Let’s go Red Wings” text message, then texted my brother, asking to let me know how long it takes our dad to notice the text. LOL He’s not so hip on these things.
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6 flights of stairs is a lot. I am usually a bit out of breath when I do that (at uni mostly) because I walk up the stairs (and generally walk) very fast and I have also been smoking too much lately which must affect me in some way too.
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Colin Brooks (Who am I?) - June 3, 2008 10:47 am
Too bad there is no laundry room in the condo. I remember taking laundry out when I lived in NYC. I also remember the elevators going out periodically, so sometimes we’d have to haul laundry (or groceries) up 9 flights. And my grandmother lived on the 15th floor. Ah, the projects. How I miss those pee stenched elevators.
Sorry about the Wings. They still have a shot though, right?
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Smiley aka Dimplz (Who am I?) - June 3, 2008 11:29 am
Jesus probably understands-imagine how many big problems he gets in his inbox on a daily basis. He saw you were just trying to get the power back on and was like, “Oh thank God, this will be easy!”
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"said" woman (Who am I?) - June 3, 2008 1:35 pm
Colin — Smoking bad! Bah!
Smiley — Fortunately I have not encountered urine in my elevator. It does, on occasion, smell like wet dog. That’s pretty gross.
SW — Ooh, good point! Too bad I have that rule about not praying for the outcome of sporting events.
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Monique (Who am I?) - June 3, 2008 7:36 pm