Charlie is me darlin'...

Charlie came...at 11.03 a.m. to be precise. There was no rude announcement - no door bell - no door knocker. (why the hell did I bother getting that fancy Big-Ben door bell when nobody ever uses it!) I was busy in the bowels of the basement looking for chihuahua droppings for fear the service man would drag some around the house - or worse! slip on it and sue me - since everything nowadays is 'KOMPO' - how else can people get paid during these 'hard times'.

Well thanks to the piercing efforts of Tallulah Conchita and Tequila Sunrise who barked the house down, I raced upstairs to find this giant of a man waiting for me. It was the serviceman for my dryer - at last! Having waited a week, three hours and 3 minutes for his arrival - I would have been - to say the least - 'disappointed' had I missed him. Lulu and Chi-Chi were delighted with themselves - it was all thanks to them - the best doorbell a girl could have. No way could I eat them now!! I asked him his name, as I find when you do that, you get a better service. 'Charlie' suited him as 'Bonnie' suited Dr. Endo's assistant. He was a Charlie guy - not a 'Charles' or 'Ignatius' or a 'Christian' type.

Charlie proceeded to put two little blue hats on his hoofs to protect my rug (which cost the earth to get cleaned at Xmas). So far he was doing everything tickety-boo and he called me 'Miss' as opposed to 'Mam'. We were indeed off to a good start. The two of us clippity clopped in unison down to the basement and I left him to it.

twenty minutes later he shouts up the stairs "I've fixed your noise Miss!". Well after 25 years of marriage K has never managed to 'fix my noise'. It was something about the way he said that. Sure enough he had fixed the noise and then politely informed me that it would help if I bought a heat vent for the back of the dryer - that way the fuzz would not be blowing back into my 'new' dryer - which caused it to black-out in the first place - of course he was very nice about it. Is a heat vent a luxury or a necessity? that I have to think about. When Charlie asked me to "Put your hand in here and feel the heat" I had to oblige -after all - he had fixed my noise. I duly stuck my hand into the dryer and yes - it did feel hot. Thank you Charlie.

Yes today the Universe was really conspiring to make it happen for me. Lulu and Chi-Chi had saved the day and I gave them two beggin' strips, two chewrifics as well as two marrobones each. Charlie had fixed my dryer - and wait - there's more - I got a cheque for $4,500 back from one of the schools - they had accidently double dipped for the past few months. They owed me $8,000 due to taking post-dated cheques and DD's. At least I'm paid up for the year and I get change - Yipee!

Why is it every time I decide to really look at my bank statement - I find a whooper of a mistake like that. It does me no good because then I worry about all the mistakes I must have missed in the past! I never check statements. Two more happened - one from each school - the other school sent me a statement charging $843 for a Doctor's visit! Claudia had to see a doc when she had a cold once. "What's DIS?" I asked. "But they said the doc was free mum" as the colour visibly drained from both our faces. I phone them up "oh that doesn't sound right, does it?" "No, it doesn't" I agreed. "We'll rectify it" and that was the end of that - no SAM I am MAM (sorry about mistake) - there's never a SAM I am MAM - ever. The third 'mistake' happened a day after the second one.
I was 'double charged' for a skirt I had to buy for Claudia - just as well I noticed it on time.

Why all the screw-ups? and the fact I double-booked two patients myself one day? - I'll tell you why - the planet Mercury was retrograde in the sky for the last few weeks - every time Mercury is retrograde stuff like that happens - it is classic Mercury retro stuff - classic! Like when you lose your watch and it turns up in a turkey's belly - that sort of stuff.

Anyway - all's well that ends well. Mercury is direct now - dryer is purring happily again - everything is tickety-boo...

Hope it's the same in your world.

Lots of Love,

Patricia Delisha xxx