Take My Money, Please

Yesterday was my weekly session with the trainer, Esther. I know I'm really lucky to have her, she's very enthusiastic and supportive. I look forward to going everyday. I even did 5 minutes on the cross-trainer, which is 5 more minutes than I did last week. Baby steps. It took me a while to get in this shape, it'll take a while to fix it.
Last week, Stephen came home with 4 or 5 tubs of ice cream, (to take down to put in his son's freezer). Who do you suppose was in line behind him at the checkout? My trainer, Esther. She was so amused ( it is a funny story), she had to share it with Stephen's trainer, Bernard. (And it is a funny story.)
We've been trying to make some changes here, get people in to do some work like putting in new gates outside, and new windows inside. It is really hard to get anyone to even return a call. They're so casual about the possibility of new business, it's hard for me to grasp. "Oh, you want to give me money? I can't be bothered right now, maybe I'll be in touch next week." And it's not an isolated case, we run into it all the time. On the bright side, we don't ever have to worry about Australia taking over the world.