He Had It Comin’

Yesterday was our housewarming party. I meant to, but totally forgot to take pictures. Sorry. The party went well, though… I made a little too much food (but luckily I can blame that fault on my family, Aunt Pattie who always cooked for an army). Most people congregated in the kitchen, which seemed to hold about 15 people comfortably. I liked that people were standing around in the kitchen talking and laughing.
I was most nervous about Masha, our realtor coming. She hadnt seen the place since we painted or anything… and with how meticulous and anal she is about everything, we were both worried she’d hate what we had done. Which really doesnt matter, except we do intend for her to sell the place whenever we decide to move (which, I hope, wont be for a long long time). But, she didnt show. All that detailed cleaning for nothing.
The best part of the evening occured at the very end of the night. Sorry, Josh, but you’re not getting out of this one. Josh and Mamie stayed around for a short game of Mario Party. When that was done, they set off to leave, but when we opened the door, we realized that it was seriously pouring outside. They would have stayed till it let up, but Josh had to go to the lab (he does scientisty stuff, dont ask for more details that that). Now, rain is rain, no big deal… but our street currently has a river that runs down it because the drains are blocked (so they dont get clogged from construction). So, there’s this big river… running right down where their car is parked. The plan was devised that Josh would run out to the car, and pull it into the driveway for Mamie, so she didnt have to step in the big river. Very nice husbandly thing to do. So, Josh makes a run for it… run run running down the driveway… and then he stops short. Stops! In the middle of the pouring rain, he stops in front of the river “I cant make that!” he screams. We’re laughing hysterically, standing at the front door watching as he tries to figure out if some part of the river is less wide than the other…. Steve even yelled for him to come back inside if he wasnt going to jump across. But finally he did. It was too funny. Doubled over laughing funny.