Thursday, May 29, 2008
The Nagging Habit
The plumber spent Wednesday morning fixing a plethora of leaks around here. Oh, what a wonderful man!! So when he's packing up his final tools, saying goodbye, and taking his leave, I (stupid never-quit-nagging mother that I am) ask if he's got all his tools, and want to go around the house checking all the spots where he might've left things. Oh good grief. Paul (the nice guy from church who is the plumber) told me kindly that he takes good care of his tools and doesn't have a problem leaving them places. Well, of course! Once he said it, it was obvious. Is this what comes from having a plumber a little older than my own kids, instead of older than me? I want to pester and take care of them and make sure they pick up their toys? Oh, what a dummy I am! But at least Paul was nice about my gaffs.
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My husband occasionally leaves a tool *inside* a pipe organ. My favorite story is how he lost a flashlight, and couldn't remember where he'd left it. He found it about a year later, when he went back to tune the organ in which he had left the flashlight.
ReplyDeleteHee, hee. I remind him of that sometimes when he gives me grief about misplacing my keys or leaving my coffee cup in weird places around the house.
The day after this post, the electrician was here to hook up the alarm on the septic pump. He left a nice extension cord in the back yard. Hmmm. Maybe the nagging is necessary for some workmen after all.
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