Lifes Lessons

As you all know, I have been complaining about the Fedex drivers and my delivery of parts so that I can fix my stove..Well, they finally came in...they were not delivered to my house, but to Jenn's (so much for the intelligence of the fedex driver) I could understand if her last name was still Furno, but it is now Gosselin...so I fail to understand why my parts were delivered there, but I am not going to look a gift horse in the mouth..so I installed my new heating element and then I replaced a infinte switch (it controlls the burners on the stove part, mine was just staying on high) I was so proud of myself...I really must give credit to Dad..he gave me the courage to try fixing things...I believe it was after I complained to him that David couldn't fix anything, that was a real shock to me...I really thought all men knew how to fix everything!! So anyway....I finished fixing everything and David kept on saying," I hope you know what your doing, we don't want to be blown up if you put it in wrong...blah, blah, blah...." So as I was going to replug the stove in, I had a moment of anxiety, (had I really fixed it, did I really know what I was doing? What if I get shocked? ) I looked over to David and he said "What's wrong?" I said, "I am just a little nervous about plugging this in?" He assured me he was sure that I did everything right....go ahead and plug it in...again I started to plug it in and again I was unsure and I looked over to David and this time he looked over at John (Liz's boyfriend) and said, "John, you want to come over here and plug the stove in?" John assured him, that he did not!, after all he said you need a good witness to tell exactly what happen.. Then it dawned on me!!!..after all these years of marriage, David would not risk his life for me..he would not take my place if any danger was going to befall him...He would give me all the encouragement as long as he came to no harm!!! He would watch while I was electrocuted!!! and John would record the moment as a good witness!! Later, Liz told me I should have given him the broom, so he could have knocked me out of the way of the cord if I was being electrocuted...I am sure he would have done that as soon as he was far enough away!! So I took a deep breath and plugged it in!!! No sparks, no fire....just perfect...and my brave husband, my soul partner, my confidant, my friend...smiled at me and said, "See, I knew you could do it!" and then he helped me push the stove back in place!! One more eye opening day for me....
FYI...the fire the other night...I ended up going over to their house to take pics with David's brother John (deputy fire chief) and ended up calling Liz to come pick up their fish...they had a huge fish tank and all the fish were dying from the cold...so we put them all in a bucket and Liz set up a new fish tank and transferred all the fish...we only lost 2...they were really cold and hardly moving at all...I gave them my number, for when they wanted their fish back, they were so grateful that they had someplace to send them...It is really sad, when something like a fire happens...Their poor home was just a mess with soot and everything was frozen...they were waiting for the insurance company to call and send a contractor over, they were so afraid all the pipes would burst from the cold. We offered them our camper, if they were having trouble getting something from the insurance company, but we did not hear, so I am sure they are ok..It was all so sad.