There is a mother/daughter housekeeping team that come here a couple of times a month to do the deep cleaning. They are the sweetest ladies, and we always have fun chatting with them when they’re here.
Dot made us all get up at 6am today because she was so worried about making it to her 9am hair appointment on time. Ugh.
The housekeepers got here after Joe and I had already dropped Dot off at Toot’s place. Just a reminder: Toots is the only hair stylist in town and she’s kind of a big deal around here.
Of course the first thing that the housekeepers asked me is “where’s Dot?” Me: “She’s visiting Toots.”
Joe cracked up and said, “Yeah, she needed to see Toots. You should’ve seen how FUZZY her hair was! I didn’t want to say anything to her, but her hair looked pretty wild.”
Me: “You did tell her that, Joe…”
Joe: “Is that right? (laughing) Well, SOMEONE had to tell her!”
We all cracked up.
The housekeepers were telling me about their weekend trip to Seattle, and how they got stuck in terrible traffic.
Me: “Seattle traffic is the WORST!”
Housekeepers: “Well it was even worse than usual because they had a section of the city closed off for the Naked Bike Ride…”
Joe was napping in his chair while we were talking, but he perked up when he heard “Naked Bike Ride”.
Joe: “What’s that you said?”
I explained to him how in Portland and Seattle a group of folks get together and ride their bikes through the city naked.
Joe raised his eyebrows and giggled: “Naked?!”
Housekeepers: “Yep. Some people are into that kind of stuff…”
Joe: “It doesn’t seem like that would be very comfortable.”
We all agreed with him and were unanimous in saying, “I know! I’d never do it in a million years.”
Joe looked very concerned: “Yeah, but I mean…It’d be worse for guys. I mean…their parts could get caught up in the spokes!”
We all cracked up. The housekeepers said, “I hadn’t thought of it exactly like that…”
Joe: “Well you’d better really think about it before you just get naked and jump on a bike! I hope they warn people about that!”
I attempted to look serious when I said, “I’ll be sure to call them up and tell them to add your warning to the flyers that they hand out to everybody.”
Joe: “Yeah, that’s a good idea.”
THUD THUMP THUD – George went back to reclining in his chair and napping.
I just finished my commute from Seattle to Portland via train to arrive at Joe and Dot’s house, where I was greeted with two great big smiles.
Joe and Dot 