Wednesday, October 28, 2009

What Was Supposed To Be and What Is

So I finally had a bit of free time and was going to post some before and after pictures of my dresser that's all finished now. As usual though there is a bit of a wrinkle to that plan. See the other day I had posted a desk on CL that I had bought off of CL but got home and realized it was too big. No big deal, I paid $15 and sold it for $30. Works for me. The person who called called around 9pm and wanted to come get it that night as she was worried I would sell it to someone else the next day before she could come over and get it. I said sure whatever and told her how to get to my house, hell I wasn't planning on going to bed any time soon. Then as soon as I hung up I realized what a dumb ass I can be in the thinking things through department because I was inviting total strangers to my house late at night. I reasoned that I had heard kids in the background. In the meantime I hid my expensive stuff before they got here because of course not knowing where the laptop is will stop them from murdering me or something, put a weapon of sorts close at hand (good ol trusty hammer) and made sure I had the phone in hand when I answered the door in case I needed to call 911 quickly. Yes, Bleu, I know. Not so bright. It was fine though. Nice couple about my age. Wife had a little guy looked like 3ish hanging off her like a monkey, he wouldn't even let her set him down to carry out the desk. So I helped her husband carry out the desk we laughed together about the craziness of going to a strangers house at night and they went off on their merry way with the desk. I went and dug out my computer of course since I can't live a day without it. However I discovered another issue today. I can't for the freaking life of me remember where I hid my damn camera and whether or not I pulled it out of hiding and subsequently set it down somewhere I can't remember or if it's still hidden. Hopefully I manage to find it before... oh say Christmas. Anyways, as soon as I find it I'll post pics of the dresser and hopefully take it to work on Friday so someone can take a pic of me in my Halloween costume.

11 comments:

Jamie said...

I'm glad the people who bought your desk were plain ol' normal people! It is a shame you have to worry about things like that.

Yes! I want to see your Halloween costume!!

twondra said...

That's funny about the camera. :)

Glad it all worked out good!!

Kristin said...

It's the little blue men from the Twilight Zone. They forgot to put your camera back when they constructed the future. Good luck finding it.

Billy said...

Not bad, selling for twice what you bought..
Had to smile reading your account. Glad it all ended well.

Justina said...

LOL. I've done stuff like that before too. It's amazing how our minds can run away with us! But it's good that you were being safe.
Looking forward to seeing pictures of your project!

Calliope said...

too bad there isn't a GPS for a camera!!

anofferingoflove said...

this post made me laugh - i am the QUEEN of hiding things away in the name of cleaning and then not being able to find them later!

hope the camera turns up. i cant wait to see pics of the dresser!

Michelle said...

Phew I am so happy that it did not turn out that they were some psychos!

Quiet Dreams said...

So glad they weren't on a murderous rampage!

So sorry about your camera.

MissNoAngel (find me on Twitter) said...

LOL, oh no! I hope you find it soon, I want to see some pics! =)

Anonymous said...

I hate it when I hide things so well that even I can't find them! Hoping you found your camera in time to take a picture of your costume! :)