HOW MUCH DO I LOVE MY BROTHER?
How could I say no, right? And really, these new tv’s are light and stupid-proof, how hard can it be?
Well, let me tell you. The first obstacle is getting the current tv, an 800lb behemoth, off the tv stand. It weighs a bloody ton, and our 55 year old uncle with the bad back is trying to help. If his sweet tempered delicate girlfriend hadn’t been there, there would have been some profanity folks. That’s all I’m sayin. And when The Behemoth finally comes down, and we get it out of the room we have send Uncle and Girlfriend home with a bottle of analgesic for their aching backs….
So we open the box. Angels sing. Brother tells me, and I quote, “easy peasy, all we need to do is screw the tv to the stand”. In my mind, I’m thinkin sweet, no worries. I’m a handy girl, I can do this.
But then I lose a screw. IN THE TV. And then I bend a bracket ever so slightly so that the remaining screws refuse to screw in. We get the flashlight. No screw. We tilt and lift and can hear it taunting us from within, but no matter what, that screw is lost. I look at him, thinking holy crap he is gonna lose it, but he is remarkably calm. He is channeling the zen of the newly purchased television gods. “Lets just put in the other three”, he says. “It’ll be ok”. Oh Brother, I love you!
And then, miraculously, the bracket unbends. The screws screw. The set up is complete!
There was even laughing!
I am home now, and Brother is most likely geeking out on all the settings, and blue ray diagnostics thingies. Which is good, because when I cave in and get MY tv, he is gonna totally hook me up, and I won’t have to mess with settings or anything! All I have to do is manage to NOT lose a screw!!
PS: My
Grace post today:1. Laughing with your best friend in the whole world.
2. Eating spaghetti with your family.
3. Teasing your brother about what you are going to write about him in your blog.
4. Watching re-runs of the Cosby Show with your kids.
5. Goodnight kisses.
