Surprise get-together surprise
I appreciate a wonderful surprise… when it’s for other people. Admittedly, I’m a bit of a control freak myself; I don’t appreciate the unexpected whatsoever. That is why I’m consistently the surprise get-together coordinator, not the guest of honor. Recently, I was throwing a large bash for my best neighbor and his 30th birthday, however, and I got the shock of a lifetime. You see, the whole ordeal was arranged to take locale at a giant rental lodge located on the coast of NC, my buddy and I had rented the home various months earlier, so I assumed everything was fully prepared for our guestlist of about 35 people. When I arrived to start setting up decorations and food, I realized that the home was a bit toasty. I figured the housekeeping staff had left the thermostat on a super low level while the home was unoccupied, so I set the temperature to a lower degree and moved on with my get-together planning duties. About three hours later, the guests began to arrive. One by one, they commented on the heat and humidity inside of the house, and I ran over to check the temperature control panel time and time again. The A/C component never seemed to be pumping any cool, high quality air into the house. Even kneeling directly near the air vents, it was blooming warm in there! Finally, half an hour before the guest was going to arrive, I made a last ditch effort to repair the A/C unit. I went out back and started fiddling around with the cooling system. For one moment, it sounded like I had made progress! That’s when the bolt of electricity ran through my body, and I woke up feeling quite surprised in an ambulance.