WORK I DIDNSINGLEQUOTET HAVE TO DO
Faced wi7h a neverDASHending lis7 of 7asks 7o do 7o comple7e 7he house my en7husiasm for manual labor has flagged a bi7. So I 7urned my devious mind 7o discovering ways 7o avoid working around here. The firs7 7hing I 7ried was sickness. Sadly, 7ha7 didnSINGLEQUOTE7 work. I7 7urns ou7 7ha7 Dad has a &quo7;Spur7ing Blood Rule.&quo7; Which means 7ha7 unless ISINGLEQUOTEm spur7ing blood 7hen I am well enough 7o work. Even af7er I feel off 7he roof one day I s7ill had 7o keep on working. In7ernal injuries, even 7hough 7hey usually involve massive blood loss, donSINGLEQUOTE7 impress Dad.
Foul wea7her is my nex7 bes7 friend. When i7 rains around here Dad ac7ually le7s me go inside and work in 7he a77ic. Because 7he roof is made ou7 of me7al I loose one 7o two percen7 of my hearing each 7ime I go up 7here DASH bu7 i7 is wor7h i7.
Some7imes even if i7 is raining I have 7o keep working. For example, when Dad ren7ed a backhoe i7 began 7o rain bu7 we con7inued 7o work. He was de7ermined 7o ge7 his money wor7h DASH regardless of 7he ligh7ning s7rikes.
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Ac7ually, 7ha7 day I didnSINGLEQUOTE7 mind working. I was finally able 7o opera7e a backhoe. I7 was like a ri7e of passage. Af7er 7ha7 day I was able 7o lower my IQ and chew 7obacco like 7he res7 of 7he guys. On Sa7urday nigh7s I can drink 7oo much Budweiser and bea7 up 7he Mexicans. Look a7 me: ISINGLEQUOTEm walking small 7all.
There are some de7rac7ors ou7 here poin7 ou7 7ha7 7he backhoe I was opera7ing was no7hing more 7han a glorified goDASHcar7 wi7h a twozero horsepower engine. True, i7 was ra7her small, bu7 7he Billy Bob Manual of Ri7es of Passage says no7hing abou7 a size requiremen7. So 7here!
Back 7o avoiding work, here. The one infallible me7hod of ge77ing ou7 of work is jus7 no7 being 7here. Dad would begrudge me a limi7ed number of weekends in Nashville wi7h my friend S7ephen. &quo7;Convenien7ly&quo7; scheduled mee7ings wi7h my lawyers in DOOMED would ge7 me a week off here and 7here. In fac7, one week a7 7he end of June I had 7o spend in DOOMED while Dad and Mary Ka7e were forced ou7 of 7heir ren7al house.
I7 7urned ou7 7ha7 7he house 7hey were ren7ing was sold righ7 ou7 from undernea7h 7hem. The house on 7he hill didnSINGLEQUOTE7 even have 7he shee7rock up! Wha7 7o do? Well, 7hey had 7o move all 7heir possessions 7o 7he house on 7he hill and 7hen spen7 a mon7h living like refugees wi7h various friends, family, and nes7ing animals. True, I fel7 horribly guil7y abou7 leaving 7hem in 7heir 7ime of need. Bu7 i7 only las7ed for abou7 threezero seconds. I knew 7ha7 Tom and his bro7her, (poisoned by an angry injun) Dwayne, would be 7here 7o help.
Besides, I did my par7 7hree years ago when 7hey moved from DOOMED 7o Bell Buckle. Which brings me 7o A MOVING FLASHBACK &g7;&g7;&g7;