Imagine if it was Craigs.list!!!!
I don’t know if you guys are familiar with Freecyc.le. It’s like Cr.aig’slist but for neighborhoods and instead of selling items, you give them away. Last week I gave away a headboard. The woman was supposed to come pick it up at 6:30pm. I rushed home at 6 to straighten up and bring the headboard downstairs.
When I arrived, my 6 year-old told me that the lady had already come by. I was p-o’d b/c the house was a wreck….but at least my hubby just handed the board to her at the door right? Right? WRONG.
How about my husband was asleep when she came over, my son let her in the house! The story I got from my son and hubby is that when she first knocked on the door, my son tried to wake up hubby (who’d decided to take a power nap!!!!). Hubby said he thought he was dreaming…mmmk.
Hubby said by the time he realized what son had been saying, he jumped up out of the bed just as the lady was WALKING UP THE STAIRS ONTO THE LANDING IN FRONT OF THE BEDROOM!!!!
There are soooooo many things wrong with how this went down. First off, I reminded my son that he was not supposed to answer the door…let alone OPEN it!. He says he didn’t think it was nice to make her wait outside until I came home from work! My hubby should not be power napping with a 6 year-old roaming the house! AND FINALLY, what in sugar and spice is the lady coming in a house at the urging of a 6 year-old for? If it was me, I would be scared to just walk into some stranger’s house!
You are all invited to my house this week if you’d like to attend the following workshops hosted by your’s truly:
1. Stranger Danger 101
2. Power-naps…over-rated
3. Divorce for the Power-napper 101
4. Trespassers can be shot on site
I mean geesh, can you imagine if this was a Craigsl.ist transaction? I woulda been all over the news!
SO NOT COOL! I would have flipped out, too! Seriously flipped out.
MELISSA, ARE YOU BACK FROM YOUR HONEYMOON???
Comment by Melissa — May 12, 2008 @ 8:00p
P.S. On the subject of kids… I must confess that when my monthly time rolled around a couple days ago there was a pang of disappointment that we didn’t come back from Berlin with a honeymoon baby. We’re certainly not trying or anything yet, but now that we’re married it’s like we have the societal stamp of approval to have kids… and it’s so palpable. I can’t wait until strangers are coming into my house after my 6 yr old answers the door.
*giggle*
Comment by Melissa — May 13, 2008 @ 1:39p
Lawd Have Mercy!! I’m taking the workshops LOL
Comment by DJ Diva — May 16, 2008 @ 4:14p
Assalam-alaikam,
Can I send my hubby to one of your courses, this is just the kind of thing he would do, fall aslep and let the kids run riot. I’ve warned my three year old not to answer the phone, but every time I call home, his dad’s in the loo and he answers the phone.
I love how your hubby thought he was dreaming.
Comment by Umm Salihah — May 19, 2008 @ 9:47p
That was dangerous! Thank God nothing happened to your son, and yes, he needs a recap of the “Don’t let strangers into the house” talk. Sounds like hubby needs a refresher course as well.
Comment by Nikki — May 27, 2008 @ 12:31p
I just had to come back and re-read this post. Hilarious. *snort* Can’t stop laughing because I’m imagining the crazy expression on your face when you walked in. A mixture of “Excuse me?”, “Aw nah, I don’t think so!”, and “I might beat someone.” I still can’t believe your little man answered the door! Tiny, little, independent being!
Comment by Melissa — May 27, 2008 @ 7:19p
Assalaamu Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu,
Is it too late to sign my hubby and kids up for your workshops? hahahaha. Subhan’Allah, could have been really serious. You never know now what people are going to do. But Alhamdullilah, it didn’t and now you can highlight things so in the future insh’Allah you can ward off something worse happening.
Comment by Umm Yusuf — June 11, 2008 @ 9:15p
I need to take the nap one. I am soooo guilty of napping while my 2 year old destroys the house.
Comment by UmmZahra — June 13, 2008 @ 2:26p