We struck up a
conversation, and it turns out that she and her husband live around the
corner from me. They bought their house at approximately the same time Sharon and I bought ours. She walked me to my gate, where we formally introduced
ourselves and then parted ways.
The next day while I was out walking, I passed her house and once again she waved at me. "Hi, Andrew!" she yelled, competing with her four barking dogs.
The next day while I was out walking, I passed her house and once again she waved at me. "Hi, Andrew!" she yelled, competing with her four barking dogs.
"Hi, Lisa," I
responded when she'd gotten a bit closer and quieted the dogs. We
talked for about 20 minutes about everything under the sun.
When we hit on the topic of the recent power outages, she explained that they were going solar with battery backup, and asked me how I was prepared. I told her I had some candles and an oil lamp and some battery operated radios. That's when she offered me (someone she'd met a total of 24 hours ago) that if I ever needed anything during the outages, like to cook some food or take a shower, that I should just come over.
As if that wasn't already enough, she then mentions that she has a spare generator that they'd recently upgraded from but still ran perfectly, and how would I like for them to give it to me? For free.
When we hit on the topic of the recent power outages, she explained that they were going solar with battery backup, and asked me how I was prepared. I told her I had some candles and an oil lamp and some battery operated radios. That's when she offered me (someone she'd met a total of 24 hours ago) that if I ever needed anything during the outages, like to cook some food or take a shower, that I should just come over.
As if that wasn't already enough, she then mentions that she has a spare generator that they'd recently upgraded from but still ran perfectly, and how would I like for them to give it to me? For free.
I
told her that I'd like that very much and said thank you so many times
that my tongue got rubbery. She said she'd drop it off at my house this
weekend. I said I'd leave the gate open and thanked her a bunch more
times.
This morning I went out for a little walk and returned to see a truck parked in my driveway, the generator already off loaded in front of my garage and her standing there waving and smiling. She gave me a demo and showed me that it was indeed running perfectly. It was even full of gas. I told her I must have hit the lottery for great neighbors when I met her.
She just smiled and said, "You know us Loma Rica people, always looking out for each other."
This morning I went out for a little walk and returned to see a truck parked in my driveway, the generator already off loaded in front of my garage and her standing there waving and smiling. She gave me a demo and showed me that it was indeed running perfectly. It was even full of gas. I told her I must have hit the lottery for great neighbors when I met her.
She just smiled and said, "You know us Loma Rica people, always looking out for each other."
I kinda knew it already, but man, do I ever know it now.
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