Tuesday, September 1, 2009

With A Little Help From Neighbors & The Invention Of The Wheel

At the front of the Waterford East complex sits a small charity area. To others, it may look like a trash compactor, but rest assured, to poor college students with no furniture, it is, indeed, a small charity area.
Anyways, on the way to Robert's night class, he calls Chris and I and tells us that there is a rather nice looking entertainment system out there. We figure, "Hey, we could always use a new piece of furniture!" so Chris and I drive down to the front to pick it up... it's raining outside, but it'll only take 10 minutes, right?
Well, once we figure out that it's not going to fit into either of our cars, we decide, "Hey, let's stick it as far into trunk as we can and hold the other half while we drive back to the apartment." It's at this point when we discover that the dresser is incredibly heavy. Even so, we manage to get it into the car, around the turn-around, and almost to the gate (after 15 minutes and switching carrying duty a couple times).
It's at this point that we notice the entertainment system has wheels.

After a hearty laugh, Chris left me to roll the dresser back to the apartment. About 1/3 of the way back, the rain had begun to take it's toll, causing a couple of the wheels to fall out of the bottom. So after calling Chris back to the scene, one of us balances the piece on two wheels, while the other pushes.
2/3 of the way there, and half an hour later, we're just about ready to stick a "From Mom" sign on it, leave it at the front door of the nearest apartment, and call it quits. That's when we spot a lady sitting in her pickup truck. I inquire about utilizing her truck for the rest of the journey, and luckily she was nice enough to help us out! So thanks to the kindness of strangers, our new entertainment system sits in our apartment... at the bottom of the stairs... now for the hard part...

Wish us luck,
-Nick, Chris, & Robert

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