Just to Amuse Myself

It was a little after noon.  I was hurriedly changing clothes, expecting a visitor who was bringing some forms for me to review.  We had spoken on the phone but this was our first meeting in person.

It was then that the toilet stopped up.  A few stabs with a plunger–a few more stabs–oh, expletive!   My guest would arrive any moment.  There was no time to call the apartment manager.   I have access to another bathroom but it is not near by, so I, as a spirit, made an intention to have this taken care of before bedtime.

My personal assistant was leaving on an errand.  I asked her to be sure and come back here before she went home, in case I needed her help.  

My visitor arrived promptly and  my attention was focused on our discussion.  After she left,  I remembered my, er, situation.  I considered my options as I tried the plunger again.  The maintenance man works at his other job until almost midnight, so I needed somebody else.  Maybe the manager’s husband would be willing to help.   The manager  is usually in her office until three, and it is almost three now.  I dial the number and she answers.  Whew!

“Is there anyone who could unstop my toilet before bedtime?”  She hesitates, I hear her speaking with someone, and then she says that there is.  Puzzled, I ask,  ”Is he from here?”  She says, “Not yet, but he will be in a minute.”  I wonder, is she interviewing a new maintenance person?

Five minutes later, there is a knock on the door.  In walks a man with a plumber’s snake, and in a few more minutes, the deed is done.

I had seen him a few days before.  He and his wife have just signed a lease agreement.  He says he is a truck driver.  His tee-shirt has the name of an evangelical  church on it.  It seems like he likes to help people.  I am profoundly grateful.  I didn’t ask him why he happened to have a plumber’s snake in his truck. 

I was still in a state of amazement when my personal assistant returned.  It was only later that I realized that I must have spaced out and dropped a diaper wipe down the toilet.  Oh, my god, I’m having senior moments.  Yikes!

Then I relax.   I realize that as a spirit I like to create these little dramas so I can practice my spirit abilities of problem-solving.  I do these things just to amuse myself, just to experience the magic that is life!