Thursday, March 31, 2011

Leaky roof and celebrity valet

I was house-sitting my own house while my parents and brother went somewhere together. I was watching a movie in my living room when it started to rain. A few minutes later, I heard a noise coming from the kitchen. When I went to investigate, I saw that there was a huge leak in the ceiling. I ran to the front closet to get a bucket and nearly tripped over one of those janitor mop things. I grabbed the bucket that was attached to it and ran back to the kitchen to catch the leak. When I went to pick up the mop thing that I'd knocked over in my haste, I realized that there were two more leaks in the foyer - one by the grandfather clock and one by the front closet. I Put a second bucket under the leak in front of the clock - which had broken into two streams of leakage right next to each other - and was searching for a third bucket for the last leak when my family got home. My mom saw what was going on and blamed me for the leaks, asking why I hadn't caught them sooner. The rain outside stopped and so did the leaks, but my mom still was angry at me.

I was going on a trip and I was meeting Amy for a meal beforehand. It turns out that we were going on a group trip and the meal was with everyone who was going on it. Taye Diggs was on the trip and he and I knew each other from a long time ago. I gave him a big hug and we caught up for a few minutes before we both went to sit with our respective friends to eat. Everyone near me and Amy started asking how on earth I knew Taye Diggs, could I introduce them, etc. but I just smiled and pretended like I would do just that. We had to drive through an intersection to get to the airport and when we got back, I had Taye's car ready for him - I'd turned into a valet somewhere along the way. I was trying to give him a hug goodbye but he kept avoiding it and we were walking around his car in circles, until finally I asked him why he was avoiding me. I told him he looked great - he hadn't aged one bit in the 10 years since we'd seen each other - but he still wouldn't look me in the eye.

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