Spending a few weeks out of labor truly changed the way I look at the world! Mostly it changed the way I looked at the town, because I had a lot of free time to spy on my neighbors.
Spy is an ugly word, I was just enjoying people who didn’t think I was enjoying, not by peeking in their window just looking out through my own, when people are comfortable they act real, so I get to see them being themselves in little glimpses here or there, however one of the first things I noticed was how often my friend Steve needed his a/c tested.
Steve lives across the street from me, & I saw the AC repair van parked out front twice in one week! The next month a strange AC van was there, but I saw the same uniformed tech going into the house. Steve does have a easily pretty wife, this I already knew, however now I was sensing the AC repair guy knew her better than anyone thought. The next month things truly heated up, & one day while the AC van was parked out front Steve came condo on his supper break, he had never done this before, but I could tell he knew what was up by the way he parked to block in the AC van leaving. He ran into the house, & a few moments later the air conditioning guy came running around from the backyard, in his drawers with his uniform in his arms. What a good day that was.