Our
plans for the 4th of July consisted of approximately nothing. We had
a few errands that we had been putting off but other than that we were going to
sleep in, relax, and enjoy the rare weekday together without the worries of
work and school constantly splitting our attention. Well, we definitely slept
in (at least I did), we had a few relaxing moments, and then we headed out the
door to pick up a few things. Nothing exciting, just some clothes and groceries
and the day was actually going pretty well as we found just about everything we needed in one stop
rather than two giving us some more time to not run errands.
About
four hours passed and we were starting to figure out what we wanted for a late
dinner when the day took a turn in an unfavorable direction. As my wife was
sitting down with a bowl of cereal and I was rummaging around on the top shelf,
I noticed an inordinate amount of heat radiating from the sides of the refrigerator.
Just as I noticed the lack of cold air, my wife got my attention saying that
the new milk tasted sour. Well, crap, I guess the holiday isn’t going to end as
smoothly as it began.
So,
it was time to repack the groceries and take them to my parents’ house so everything
wouldn’t be wasted. With my parents in Pittsburgh for the weekend, it was going
to be a very quick trip to unload, put away, and get back to the apartment.
However, what would have been an uneventful stop just a few months ago was a
bit more complicated this time around. With the roads clear and the fireworks
lighting up the newly dark sky in the distance, I was calling and texting
trying to figure out the new security code needed to get into the house.
Additionally, when we arrived, the key in my pocket that was supposed to work
didn’t and I had to scramble to find the spare (which also didn’t work in the
right lock).
With
all the searching and fumbling around with the locks the alarm was blaring by
the time I got in the house and I knew that we would soon be having a couple of
visitors. The alarm had long since been turned off and I just finished putting
the food away when I saw the bright beams of two flashlights making their way
to the back door. It was time to have a brief conversation with the Radnor
Police Department. After explaining the situation, showing them my driver’s
license, and chatting for a bit we all left the house and drove up the street.
And
now we are left with trying to get the fridge repaired (always an interesting
conversation with the management and maintenance) and finding the time to be
there when the service needs to be done. That is a whole different conversation,
issue, and blog post altogether. But, for now, we got everything done and we
managed to get back to the apartment before the throngs of people flooded onto
the streets. I was just glad that we still had two more days left in the
weekend!
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