{"id":2379,"date":"2008-09-27T21:29:48","date_gmt":"2008-09-28T04:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2008-09-27T21:30:19","modified_gmt":"2008-09-28T04:30:19","slug":"i-am-picking-up-something-he-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=2379","title":{"rendered":"I am picking up something, he said"},"content":{"rendered":"

We were running late. He called the guy and asked when was the latest he could come by.<\/p>\n

“10:30 pm,” he told me when he hung up the phone. I prodded him for what he was getting. He just replied, “Wheeling and dealing.”<\/p>\n

I assumed it was another trade for something useless for something useful. One’s man trash is another man’s treasure<\/i>.<\/p>\n

At 10:10 pm we were talking to the optometrist about Clear Optometry<\/a>. He showed me his watch, tapping its face. I awkwardly made our exit and we rushed to the car.<\/p>\n

On the way, he made a call apologizing for the delay, saying he would be there in 10 minutes. I helped him with the directions, specifying the turns and the exits. And we were there in 10 minutes. He pulled into a spot. Locked the door while I patiently waited. The neighborhood had graffiti on the walls. But it looked like to be luxury condominium type place.<\/p>\n

The feeling almost felt similar when we went to a sketchy part of turn to get his phone unlocked where the guy had invited him inside the house. So I cowered down slightly in the car, glancing in the rearview mirrors.<\/p>\n

I saw him standing in front of a brightly lit new-ish building. A figure stepped out and they shook hands. He got something. They seemed to exchange small talk. A small wave and that was it.<\/p>\n

He returned, unlocking the car and tossed something into my lap.<\/p>\n

AN ANIMAL CROSSING GIRL! PLUSH!<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

It’s almost how I looked like in the game!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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