Keith said he would loan us his. What a great guy!
I called Friday evening to arrange picking up the truck on Saturday morning. He said he was getting the wheels balanced at 8 am in the morning, then we could have it.
Uh oh!
I know Panama. This would result in some kind of delay and sure enough it did.
We showed up at 9 am to pick up the truck but it wasn't finished.
Why? They broke a couple of the lug nut studs removing the wheels. No problem. Down the road they go to get the parts, returning in about 20 minutes.
But...they were the wrong parts. You knew that would happen, didn't you.
So back down the road. All in all, we left at 10:15. Not a problem except this is the rainy season and we didn't want to haul furniture in a tropical down pour.
In David, after passing through a coupe of rain showers, we load the Toyota pickup truck high and I mean high. We get it all in one load.
Down the road we go after stopping at The Do It Center for more rope to lash down the load.
As we are getting close to Boquete, we get a call from Rafael, our master-all-around worker helping us finish the house. He said our neighbor called him and the police were at our house and the front door was wide open.
Oh F@#$%@#$!!!! Not another break in!
We speed, well not speed but hurry as much as possible with an overloaded truck on terrible roads, to our house.
After getting to the house, we look in and NOTHING was gone. No damage. No theft. What??
You guessed. Tom, the old addled guy that he is, forgot to lock up the house and left it wide open.
Shit! Did I feel bad!
I better start taking massive amounts of Ginkgo Biloba 6 times a day. I better enroll in memory school for the aged. I better start tying string around all my extremities. I better....I better...
Start locking the damn door!
Electricity and a theft scare. What a day!
I sure hope life slows down a little now.
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WHEW! My heart was racing after reading this one!
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