My Hero

My phone line (and internet) went out a few days ago due to the rain (s Bell South said--weird); thus, I virtually disappeared from many of my friends' and family's lives. Then tonight during yet another storm, a particually vicious bolt of lightning blew out my TV. Well, Three's Company was due on in a few hours so Sones and I raced to Wal-Mart to get the thing replaced. Keep in mind that my VCR was also in that TV and there's no way I'm going even a day without the ability to watch "my"cherished Monkees tapes. No way. So we bought a new and better TV, and a separate VCR, and got back home in time for the show. But, as soon as we got everything hooked up, I looked at the old TV/VCR combo and it struck me with true sadness, that my favorite Monkees tape (# 2: the psychadelic season) was STILL IN THE DEAD VCR!!! I told Eddy who valiantly declared that tape was getting dislodged ASAP! I'd seen him work well around the PS2 so I trusted him. He asked for a butterknife and some screwdrivers and went to work at once. He busted up the bottom then unscrewed the screen, even shocking himself on some wires along the way. After about 20 minutes, he suddenly popped the tape out and presented it to me! My hero! Swoon! I attacked him with kisses (he tried to escape) and tried out the tape in my new VCR. It worked! Swoon! (This time for the Monkees.) I must add that later Sones also sang backup on the Three's Company theme as I was singing it, which alotted him another attack and an odd shriek-session by myself. Needless to say, he made my night. Thank you Sony, you mean more to me than Sam Beckett-the Monkees-Jack Tripper-and C3PO and the Tin Man all rolled into one! ;-D
PS My tone-deafness vanished as quickly as it appeared thank the Good God Almighty! But as I was finishing reading my half-done novel I noticed it got a little stale in some parts. Sigh.