Thanks be to the ferret

Yesterday I stopped at the communal mailboxes on the way home to get the mail.  Posted above our section of boxes was a notice that someone had found a ferret and it was at domestic animal services and scheduled to be destroyed next week.

The notice reminded me that there is a community bulletin board at the end of the mailboxes.  I stop by there sometimes to see what's what.  Things for sale, services offered, lost and found, coupons, maps, the usual.

Yesterday there was a notice that almost made me drop my mail: someone in the community was selling a bed.  Not just any bed, either.  Queen sized.  Mission style.  $250.  OBO.

We've been thinking about buying a new bed for a while.  We are currently sleeping on a full size that I've been dragging across the country since the late 90s.  No head or footboard.  Just frame, mattress and box springs.

This is perfect.  The size we want, and includes the head and footboard?  And mission style - my favorite?  Not even a year old?

Queen sized mattress sets alone are upwards of $400.  The head and footboards are probably at least $400.

I snatched the whole notice off the board and called him when I got home, figuring the bed would be gone.  He called me about an hour later and we walked over to his apartment to take a look.

It's gorgeous.  The mattresses aren't even 5 months old!  I offered him $230 (I should have said $200, but hindsight is 20/20).  We're going to pick it up on Sunday.

All because of a ferret.

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In other news, work is going well.  I am much more caught up than I thought I would be at this point in the week.  I'm going in a little late this morning so I can do some cleaning here at home because of the next news item:

My brother H and his brood, and my brother R and his brood and coming down to Naples tomorrow for the day.  We're going to the beach and having a cookout and just generally hanging out.  I'm so excited.

Irish and I both have the day off from work tomorrow, and he's got a list of chores for tonight, since he'll be home and I'll be at a dinner meeting.  But that's why I'm going in late this morning, to do some stuff so I don't feel so overwhelmed tonight.

After Friday I have a whole long weekend filled with nothing.  I'm looking forward to that, too!