Justin is not doing lawns today in order to work alongside his buddy, Jesse. Together they are in the process of sorting household items garnered from a house listed with the real estate company with which Jesse is associated. In order to properly show and sell the house, it needed to be cleaned out. The owner of the home had passed away and his family removed what they wanted. Now, the two guys are busily setting up for a yard sale in order to get rid of what's left.
Justin carried up a couple boxes of stuff that needs to be washed in order to present nicely. He has some crystal-looking cruets and wine decanters, just the kind of stuff his mom would like. But, no, I am going to let him sell these things to someone else's home. My tipping point has been met, in this instance. I have not seen the entire box's contents so this is subject to change without notice!
He did score a full-sized bed frame and box spring to replace the platform bed I bought him when he moved into the condo his freshman year. His mattress is in his father's storage unit, but has to move it out of there by the end of the month.
Likely he will put up the bed in his room and relocate the daybed (Day bed!!!) to the other room---somewhere, somehow. He has wildly overflowed his room the way it is and now, a full-sized bed added to it. His friend's closing was postponed, some paperwork needing to be redone with the lender who owns this home.
If it were me, I likely would have walked away from this deal months ago, but it's exactly what Ron was looking for. The boys will all be living together again, with Jesse taking the third bedroom. Those St. Johns kids never get tired of each other's company---I hope! Oh, how I hope!
Justin had a dental appointment at 3:00 yesterday. Just after 5:00 I sent him a text message to see how he was doing. He was still in the chair!!!! Oh my! It seems he was having two more of the bigger cavities taken care of and she (Peggy) couldn't get him frozen enough. Like mother, like son!
I felt so badly for him, having been in his place many times. When he did come home, his back ached from lying back so long, and his jaws were sore from being open. He took some Tylenol and retreated to his room to rest. I had to leave for Bible study but was concerned about how his mouth would feel once the freezing was gone.
We both had chuckled about how funny he was talking, reminding us of a "Seinfeld" episode where Kramer was mistaken for being 'special' after having dental work done. Even got to sing with The Velvet Fog at a fund-raiser. I kept singing to Justin, "...when you're smiling, when you're smiling..." Everything is Seinfeld!
When I came back from Victory, I parked and got out of my car. From above me, I heard someone going, "Pssst, pssst..." It was Justin, peering over the railing upstairs. He said, "I sensed when you came home!" At the door he told me how he came out of his room and realized I wasn't home yet, but "sensed" that I had just pulled in. Ta-da! There I was!
He had eaten dinner already (it WAS 9:30, after all) and was feeling alright with his new fillings. Whew! I am so relieved! Next week he gets the rest finished up and then it's on him to take care of them. He has such a lovely smile, I would hate to have anything preventable happen to them.
