He’s Baaaaaack!

Our good buddy, the electrician/plumber was back yesterday morning for the first time in about three weeks. His return was necessitated by a slight electrical issue we were having. For 36 hours, the lights in the entire upstairs were not working. (While showering by moonlight was interesting, we were tired of mistakenly using Oil of Olay Daily Face Moisturizer as Shampoo.) After about 4 minutes, the electrician/plumber had fixed the problem.....and uncovered 3 more.

So what we thought might be a four minute job turned into a six hour ordeal. At one point while he was waiting on a part, Scott went out to the garage to offer him a cup of coffee. He responded that he would just rather sleep. However, a few minutes later, he sauntered into the house, and proceeded to start up some small talk with Scott. (He must be convinced that we’re on the “Learn Mandarin in 48 hours Program” because he has been to our house five times and every time we speak no Mandarin, but he continues to talk to us as if we know everything he’s saying.) Finally, after listening to about two minutes of his banter, Scott responded with “Sweet, dude” and left the room.

Unfortunately our talented handyman friend doesn’t have a clue how to shut doors either. After about the 30th time closing the front or garage door, Scott found himself franticly searching the translation book for the phrase “we don’t live in a barn,” but was unsuccessful.