So, here's how it goes..
He says "I want to pull the camper up and put it on the back driveway". It's not easy to get my 3/4 ton GMC crew cab down this narrow winding driveway, let alone with a 28' toy hauler attached.
So, I say "let's wait till Saturday morning, in case something goes wrong, we'll have daylight to work in."
"I really want to do it tonight" he says. "I'll do it, I put it down there by myself"
Me, "Ok" I thought I'd stay in the house and tend to some things I had started and stay out of his hair. I tend to become a "Chatty Cathy" when I get nervous. I knew watching would make me nervous and my chatting distracts him.
He asked me if I would move the truck down by the camper for him while he puts some sausage dogs on the grill to cook while he deals the trailer. I agreed, and moved the truck down... now he wants me to line it up with the hitch. Then he wants me to move it a little so he can get the blocks out from under the tires. Yeah, you're probably catching on, but i hadn't, ..yet.
He is smooth. He comes to the window, with his charming smile and says, "you've probably already figured, I want you to pull it out. You're really good at this!" Totally off guard here. Didn't see it coming, I hadn't!
Boy, am I gullible! Not because I believed him when he said I'm good at maneuvering a trailer (i am) but because I really thought I was just going to move the truck around for him and go back in the house to finish what I had been doing earlier. Ha ha ha ha...
45 min of maneuvering, one little tree (4" trunk) cut down (making room for the truck to follow the trailer around an 80 degree turn), it did get dark, and nothing went wrong.
Oh, don't forget the sausage dogs, cuz Don didn't! They were a little dry but hot and tasty.
Success!
Now we can start getting the camper ready to use.
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Don is a smart man!
ReplyDeleteFor such a smart woman I am really surprised you didnt see it coming. As soon as he wanted you in the truck I knew he "GOTCHA". LOL you were probably just tired from all your hard work that day.
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