Day 2488 All by myself.

6th June 2024

On this memorable day eighty years ago when the allied troops sailed across the channel to liberate Europe, I also ventured into the unknown.

It wasn’t so terrifying or life threatening, but for me it was.

I may have been to Muskegon once with Kelli but this time I was going solo. My mission was to collect a dresser that was going to be finished to match one we had already sold. These would both go into the same room, so they had to have similar features.

It wasn’t a complicated journey, it was the intimidation I received by the truck drivers who were right up my rear.

Even driving within the speed limit I had the truck grill filling my rear view mirror. It is very common for them to undertake then pull in front, you have to have eyes in the back of head.

I was warned that certain parts of Muskegon were a bit dodgy, but luckily where I was going should have been a bit more affluent.

It was, the houses were large with lake views quite a desirable area.

As I pulled into the drive the garage door opened to reveal piles of unsold furniture. What I was there to collect was looking a bit sad in the corner. The middle drawer was sagging as it didn’t have any guide pieces, and areas of the top were a bit flaky, but nothing that we haven’t seen before.

I loaded the item into the back of the truck and headed back. It was forty five miles back to Holland, so with the radio playing I made my way.

In the meantime, Kelli had painted the large dresser and the drawers, and sorted out what she planned to wear this evening when we were due to meet up with Lloyd and Nancy, our new customer/ friends for dinner.

Which, by the way was great fun, another two glasses of Old Speckled Hen went down a treat.