Everyday Is Better Than The Next

So today around 6PM I’m playing all of my music on random through my X-box. Symphony of Destruction comes and I turn it up really loud. And by really loud, I mean it’s rattling the windows. I’m doing some laundry, screwing around on the laptop, doing some cleaning, etc. A friend of mine was supposed to stop by at some point, so when I heard a knock on the door I just assumed it was him. When I started walking towards the door Symphony of Destruction is ending and the X-box randomly goes to the next song, which just so happens to be Eternal Flame by The Bangles, but like I said I’m thinking that it’s going to be a friend at the door so I don’t turn the music down, go to the next song, or anything. I just let it ride. Well, it’s not my friend at the door.

I get to the door, open it and this younger girl is staring at me kind of funny just as the words kick in “Close your eyes, give me your hand” (don’t act like you don’t know the words). She’s just giving me this funny look and says “is the lady of the house home?” With the straightest face I can manage I say “There is no lady of the house”. Then she asks if I own this house or rent just as I hear “You belong with me. Do you feel the same? Am I only dreaming, or is this burning an eternal flame.” I’m laughing so hard inside that I can hardly stand it, and I have the feeling that this girl is about ready to bust out laughing too.

She starts asking me some other questions, and I can’t really here her because the music is so loud. I have to keep asking her to repeat herself. I finally come to the understanding that she and her husband are in some kind of landscaping / lawn care business and they want to do some work on my yard. Just as the song is finishing with “Say my name, sun shines through the rain. A whole life so lonely, and then you come and ease the pain.” She gives me a weird look (one of many that she gave me during this conversation), tells me to have a nice day, and then walks away.

I closed the door thinking to myself “This is going to be an interesting story to tell.” But then I thought about how she is probably thinking the same thing.