laughter and music from all over the "court"... I had no urge
to join in with the parties that were going on. I had an urge to
get a shower and GET to bed!..
I unlocked the door with my car keys...locked it firmly behind
me. I turned on the tv in my room....that was light enough for
tonight. I didn't want company. I didn't care much for drunks.
all I wanted was my shower and my bed!
I was careful to hang the ribon tie on the mirror of my dresser
so it wouldn't draw moisture and dye my white blouse with red
streaks...I put my "work clothes" to soak while I luxuriated in
a hot shower! The steam billowed from the tiny bath . Every
muscle in my body was protesting. I must have walked a hundred
miles. "At no time did my feet leave my body!" I thought glumly
I was Tired....HONED as the loggers stated it! I rinsed my work
clothes and hung them from the shower door to dry and laid
out clean for the next Day....
Johnnie Carson was talking to his side Kick....."How Hot
Was it Johnnie?" I heard him say....That was all I heard
him say....I was sound asleep! There was nothing on this
earth that would wake me till I was READY..my feet hurt!
My back hurt. They would be WELL by morning!
Roosters have no sense of Decorum! I remember thinking
Just that!...Damn things go waking people in the middle of the
Morning! Morning HECK! It was closer to Noon! I could hear
a strange noise coming from my garage! My car wasn't much!
It was my ONLY way to get to work! THAT was important
to ME! I jumped out of bed and into the first clothes I could
find. The cut off blue jeans and white crotch buttening "body
shirt" would have to do! I didn't have time to fight the snaps
I just tucked the dang thing into the shorts.....I didn't care
if I wasn't a "fashion plate" someone was messing with MY car..
It was broad daylight....The first thought through my head was.
Dad's FOUND me! I raced through my little "cabin" ......
"Well! Good Morning!" Jack's voice came from the front of
my car, and somewhere under neath......He climbed over the
right fender.....wiping the dust from his hands with his handkerchief!
You missed a good party down on the River last night!" He looked
me in the face..."We sait it there hopeing you would feel like joining
us when you got off work! Didn't you hear us?"
I wasn't fully awake, in some ways I thought I was still dreaming.
"What are you doing to my car?" I blurted ...
I picked up some tires for you at a friends place. He has an old
Olds like this. He told me they were sure to fit. The tires are like
new. When I saw them I thought of YOU..So I was putting them On...
It was kind of a..Well a surprise! I was thinking of you stalled along
the road. It is about five mile between here and where you work.
NOT all the people in this valley are........
I just didn't like the thought
of you sitting along side the road! You are a stranger here and all.
There are just some people who I wouldn't want you to meet on a
dark road, around midnight when you get off work. I thought you
might be safer with a different set of tires!
"Thank You, Jack, isn't it?" my mind was fuzzy and I didn't want to
be calling him by some one elses name!. "That was very thoughtful
of you. I'm sure there are a few people here I wouldn't WANT to be
meeting in the middle of the night, and be at their mercy! If you
have a minute, I will find you a cup of coffee! If you'd like?"
"Let me get the Lug nuts tight on your tires....I have a few things
I'd like to tinker with ....check the oil....I might as well do it right while
I'm here!
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