Thursday, August 14, 2008

Ice Coolers and Abandoned Shopping Carts

I let my neighbor use my pool when I'm at work. Let me back up. My neighbor started using my pool when I was at work, and then he asked me if he could use my pool and I said yes. He is a sweet man. He brought me a palette of individually wrapped breakfast muffins for my birthday. He and his wife babysit their 1.5 year old granddaughter most days. Some mornings I am awakened by a loud, impatient rapping on my security door. It is the wife. She carries with her a cloud of alcoholic vapors. When she knocks I know she wants one thing. Money.

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