It is an old saying, but for Joyce it rings true about me
more often than she cares to remember. The other day I went to an auction. It
was a live auction. People actually had to stand next to each other and declare
their bids. This is unlike being online and circling like a vulture until the
last moment to bid.
I had noticed a batch of bricks off to the side of
everything else. They were samples of a larger lot that were stored a little
way away from the auction site. The way I looked at it, 400 bricks did not seem like an unmanageable
amount to haul away. We had been talking about making the fire ring area nicer
anyway.
When it came time to bid on the bricks nobody wanted them
but me. I must say, I did get a good deal, $ .015 per brick. Yep, 400 bricks
for a total of $6.00. That was the good news. So, the fire ring area will be
upgraded.
The “saddle” came next. I was feeling a little full of
myself for getting such a good deal. So I bid on the next lot of bricks as
well. I won. I bid on the 3rd lot of bricks, but someone in the
crowd did not like the idea of me getting two good deals in a row. I was outbid
on that lot. I bid on the 4th lot
of bricks and won. I was the only bidder on 3 of the 4 lots of bricks. It did
not sink in until I looked at my “prizes’ what I had gotten myself into at the
time. Reality took the luster off my bidding prowess. What, exactly, does
one do with 2500 bricks (saddle)?
I could have been the smart pig and built a house to keep
away the hungry wolf. But that would need a permit of some sort. I had plenty
of time to think as I loaded and unloaded and stacked my bounty. I must say it
did help me keep me on track to lose my 5 pounds for the month. It occurred to
me on the fourth trip back to the loading site that the area next to the shed
could use a nice brick pad on which the camper could sit.
So here I am digging and hauling and laying brick.
I figure it should take 5 or ? days to “get ‘er done.”
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