8th October 2022
It’s never a dull moment in West Michigan.
We had a appointment to meet up with Greer and Dylan to see their proposed new home in Allandale. But first, as always we had to collect a dresser that Kelli had bought. It was relatively close. When we got to the address it was a two story apartment with the dresser housed on the first floor. I have always thought that my demise would happen carrying a long dresser down some stairs, and guess what I was faced with ? Correct, a long dresser down some stairs.
The seller’s name was Mohammed, so it narrowed down his ethnic origin. He was in fact from Afghanistan. He was an interpreter working for the CIA and relocated when the Americans left. Needless to say he was a dead man if he and his family were ever to return.
We climbed the stairs and were led into the bedroom, there was the badass dresser covered in bottles and crap, all the drawers were full of stuff as well. So firstly he had to dump all the contents on to the bed before we could move the thing. Carefully we manoeuvred the piece down the stairs with Kelli supporting me as I descended, putting her own life at risk in case of a rapid re-entry.
With the piece safely loaded in the truck we were ready to head off to Allendale.
Mohammed offered us a cup of tea or coffee, which was kind and generous, and not what we would expect at all, but we had agreed time to meet Greer and Dylan so we had to decline.
We arrived at the mobile home a little before the others, but once they turned up we had a good chance to look over the place.
I was impressed, it was quite large with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, ideal as a first home, and a lot better than the apartment they currently have in Grand Rapids.
We had decided to get a bite to eat, we had to be back home by a certain time because someone was coming to view, and hopefully buy the small cabinet Kelli posted a couple of days ago. Kelli had found a cafe on line, that sounded good, so we set off in search of the establishment.
When we got there we were shocked, and amused at the same time. The Golden Grounds Coffee Co was in fact a small caravan inside a wooden shed. After a laugh, we decided to give a go. So with coffee in hand we stood in the car park with the wind whipping around our bodies, we bid farewell and headed back to Holland.
Not long after we got back our potential customer arrived. At first she said she thought the grey finish was more teal. “ it looks like teal on my phone” she said showing us the posting picture. It did look a different colour, but she also had a filter on her phone that changed all the colours.
She dithered for a while then said “Will you take less?”
I said not really because of all the work we put into it, and I was ready to inch punch her.
She continued her hesitation, and then repeated her question. This time Kelli jumped in and agreed a slightly lower price, and that sealed the deal.
I continued to seethe as they drove away
“Tight fisted old biddy ” I muttered to myself.
Another Lifetime to go 