the mattresses

In my attempts to get rid of things I don't use, I listed two old mattresses I had on Freecycle. If you don't know what that is, it's a group of crazy people who give away stuff they no longer need. It's a great group. They have them all over the country. If you look under Freecyle.org you will find your nearest group. I had a woman email me who said she would pick them up at 6:00.

Great!! I got them out and had them all ready.

At six o' clock they pulled in. She was with a man whom she introduced at Joe. He was a little quiet guy. She was loud like me.

"He lost his job, had to move to a smaller apartment, and he doesn't have any mattresses." she said.

"great" I replied, I will help you load them on.

He was very quiet.

"His heat doesn't get turned on until today and he stayed there last night, he just about froze to death".

He was still very quiet.

They got into the truck and I thought quick, "hang on , I have some sheets for the beds, do you need them?"

"Yes, maam he said very quietly".

I ran and grabbed a bag of sheets I was tossing out. They were still in great shape so I was happy to give them to him.

I didn't look in the bag.

I started walking away and he said something to me.

"Thanks lady, these will match my Dinosaur blankets".

"What are you talking about?"

The woman in the car was laughing hysterically.

"I gave him my kids old dinosaur blankets today, this is so funny, do you know what is in that bag?"

"not really" I replied.

"Barney sheets!!"

We all laughed and he pulled away.

A few minutes later they pulled back in I was headed down to the barn to milk the cows.

He got out of the truck and slowly walked up to me. I could tell he had had it rough.

"I just want to tell you thanks you again maam for these things, you have no idea how much I needed them, even if they are Barney sheets.

I just stood there in silence. Holy crap, here I am feeling sorry for myself all the time because I have to work on this farm constantly. I have heat and certainly mattresses and sheets (not that I put them on the beds), but I couldn't believe it, someone was more needy than me?

I ran back into the garage, "Here is a lamp for you sir".

I threw a lamp in his truck that I was going to take to Goodwill.

"He just smiled".

They drove off.

I didn't feel so sorry for myself after that.

Talk later,

Annie