Well….it’s been 4 days now with no power, heat, or internet.
We did finally get our phone back though after my brother suggested I go
foraging in the basement. We get a lot of donations from people for our street
ministry and so we never know what will be in a box or a bag. It can be
anything from basic clothing, bedding or house wares all the way to kids toys,
books and knick-knacks. So I decided to go to the basement and look through and
see if I could find an old school , plug in wall phone that we could use until
we get power back. Sure enough, there was one down there. It wasn’t exactly the
kind I was expecting to find though. I
thought maybe I would find a simple off-white or black plug in, or maybe even a
cool retro rotary phone. Ohhhhhhh no…..no, not this one. This is the Babij household after-all….and we
thrive on the unique. So what does our temporary home phone look like? Well,
let me describe it to you. It is a basic plug in hand held black phone…(so far
so good right?)…that has been covered with fuzzy fake zebra fur….and then to
add a level of class and sophistication…..trimmed out with a band of pale
powder blue marabou feathers. **What
the….??????** Yep….that’s what I said…..fake zebra fur and feathers. The first
thing out of Ben’s mouth when he saw it was, “Where ON EARTH did THAT come
from???”
“I have no idea….I found it in the basement..”
“…in OUR basement???”
(Who’s basement did he think I had rummaged through?)
“Yep, somebody donated it…”
“It’s HIDEOUS!!!”
“Yes it is….”
“Who would DONATE that??”
“I have no idea…hopefully somebody with little kids…”
“I don’t want that thing….”
“We aren’t keeping it dear….we’re only going to use it until
we get power back…”
“Good, cuz that thing’s ugly!”
The really sad part is that the price tag is still stuck n
the bottom of the phone. Would you like to know how much the original owner
actually PAID for this piece of hideous electronica? A shocking $39.99! That’s
right; somebody felt that 40 bucks was not too high a price to pay for this
tack-a-licious fashion statement!! I thought I had experienced buyers remorse
before….but I can just picture the donor now…. “WHAT was I thinking…WHY did I
pay so much for THIS …THIS……THING ?!?!??!?! I know, I’ll donate it to
charity…that way nobody will ever have to know it came from me!!!” Sooooo…………..In
the 21st century, an era filled with amazing technology that allows
people from one continent to communicate to people on another continent in real
time and actually see them talking, our verbal communication to the outside
world has temporarily been reduced to the abilities of….not a HOME phone,
but…..a “Ho Phone”.
Life is good!
