7:30pm, Monday-
SHERRY: The floors are looking great so far, don’t you think?
JOHN: Definitely. Right, Burger?
(Burger stands in quiet agreement)
SHERRY: Do you think it’s odd there’s no baseboard against the brick?
JOHN: No, it’s fine.
SHERRY: Yeah, you’re right. It’s fine.
11:00pm, Monday-
SHERRY: I’ve been thinking — it really is strange not to have a baseboard there.
JOHN: What? No, it looks fi—
SHERRY: TOTALLY weird.
JOHN: Okay. So what do you want to do?
SHERRY: Get a baseboard and have the floor guys install it.
JOHN: But the floor crew’s last day is tomorrow and Lowe’s closed an hour ago, so we can’t buy anything tonight.
SHERRY: Can you pick one up tomorrow morning before work?
JOHN: Do they even make that style of baseboard anymore?
SHERRY: You’re right — I should come with you. But we’ll have to be back before the installers arrive at 7:30.
(Here come the famous last words.)
JOHN: Well, Lowe’s does open at 6am…
And that’s how we ended up in the lumber department at 6:21 this morning.