On one hand I'm antisocial and introverted, but on the other hand I'm eager to help and eager to please. It was that hand that landed me in a hot, dusty old house that smelled of cats yesterday.
I had been reading this page (I urge you to click the link, read, and donate if you can) when my doorbell rang. Normally when my husband isn't here I don't answer the door to strangers, but I had seen this man earlier that day checking the mail, so I figured he must be a neighbor. He told me that Cathy, the elderly lady who lives next door, had fallen and couldn't get up. He wanted to know if I could help him assist her. I took my 2 year old son with me into this woman's house, which was empty of furniture and most of her belongings because she was in the process of moving out. The gentleman, another woman, and I helped Cathy up off the floor and then we all stayed to help her pack the rest of her things into her car. Sadly, what didn't fit in the car had to be left behind, but I made sure she had all of the important things. This poor woman was rather upset that she couldn't take her massive 20 year old microwave with her. She ended up giving me her Hoover SteamVac Carpet Cleaner and some other cleaning supplies because she couldn't take them with her. I'm going to have my dad professionally clean out the appliance before I decide if I ought to keep it or donate it. At one point her cat bolted out of the house and couldn't be found, so she sat in her back yard calling out "Sally Sue! Sally Sue, come home!" and I suppose the cat eventually returned, because Cathy left later that night.
This morning I awoke to the sounds of construction work. I looked out the window and saw Cathy's abandoned belongings being thrown into a large dumpster along with the carpet. The man who had come to my door looking for help yesterday was actually the realtor and he told me that a contractor had bought the house and would be renovating it today. I have no idea what all is being done to the house, but it sounds like whole walls are coming down. I'm curious who my new neighbors will be.
