Since it was Saturday I slept in a little waking up at 10 AM. I crawled out of bed and slipped into a nice warm shower so that I could start my day. After my shower, I dressed in jean shorts and a frilly pink tank top and slipped on my silver strappy sandals. I brushed my hair and put it up in a ponytail and did my makeup. After giving myself a once over in the mirror I went downstairs to grab a cup of coffee and call the contractor. Downstairs in the kitchen, I made my cup of coffee and then sat down at the table. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and dial the number that Carl had given me last night. The phone rang a couple of times and then a man with a deep voice answered the phone, "Hello Adrian speaking how can I help you." I quickly replied, "Hi my name is AJ, and my friend Carl gave me your number. He said you did some work for him and I was needing to hire a contractor to help me on a house that I just purchased." The man on the other end of the phone chuckled, "How has Carl been?" "Good," I replied. "When would you like to meet up, I have all of today free," he said. Wow, that's fast I thought as I said, "Today would be great, what time works for you?" "Is one hour too soon?" he asked. "Nope sounds great," I said. I gave him the address and told him that I would see him there in one hour and with that, I hung up the phone. I proceeded to fix myself a cinnamon raisin bagel with strawberry cream cheese and then I sat down at the table and ate and finished my coffee. I wrote a note for Joy and Carl and told them that I was headed to my house to meet with the contractor and that I would see them later. I left the note by the coffee maker so that way they would find it and I grabbed my purse and keys and headed out the back door. As I pulled into the gravel driveway of my new house I noticed a black Ford F150 with a company logo on the side that read Philips Contracting. I looked at the time to make sure that I wasn't late and I noticed that I was actually 15 minutes early and I wondered how long Mr. Philips had been waiting for me but, I did like the fact that he was early because punctuality is a big plus for me. As I pulled up Mr. Philips stepped out of his truck, when he stepped around into view I was shocked at just how amazing this man looked and he looked younger than his voice had suggested earlier. He stood about six foot two, had deep brown hair, and chocolate brown eyes, he was the perfect color of caramel. He was wearing jeans and a white t-shirt and you could see his muscles rippling out from under his shirt. I was in awe as I stepped out of my SUV and walked over to introduce myself, "Hi I am AJ, Mr. Philips." "Please call me Adrian, my dad is Mr. Philips," he said with the most dazzling smile. I could feel myself blushing. Get a grip I told myself. "If you will follow me, Adrian I can show you everything that I want to be done, and then you can let me know if this might be a project that you would like to take on," I said. I unlocked the front door and we stepped inside. I had my notebook with me because I had written everything down that I wanted to have finished in the house and I walked around showing Adrian all of the things that I wanted to do. When I finally showed him everything he said, "It's doable, so when do you want to get started?" I was stunned that he had made a decision so quickly, "Well actually right away if possible because I start college classes in a month and I would like to be moved in by then." "Well I don't think that will be a problem but, if we don't have everything completed by then would you have a problem with me working around you?" he said. I thought about it for a moment and replied, "No not at all as long as my room is completed first the rest can be done after." We then discussed how much he was going to charge me for his contracting services and some timelines as to when each project would be completed. We had decided to break down the whole project into separate smaller projects so that way it would go smoother. We agreed on a price and he told me that he could get started as early as Monday. We stepped back out to the driveway and shook hands and I gave him a copy of the keys to the house so that way he could get started on Monday. I decided that I was going to take the day and go shopping for a few things that I wanted to get for my new house because I figured that I could store them in my garage until the time came for me to move into my house. At the store, I bought all sorts of bathroom supplies, towels, washrags, bath oils, bubble baths, shampoo, conditioner, and some cute lavender curtains. I also purchased a sheet and comforter set in lavender, four pillows, a set of matching curtains, and several hangers for my huge closet. Next, I decided to grab a few things for the kitchen, I picked up a Keurig, an air fryer, some bakeware, dishes, pots and pans, potholders, and just a few odds and ends that I would need for my kitchen. After an afternoon of extensive shopping, I decided to swing thru a drive-thru and grab myself a quick bite to eat before heading to my house to put my shopping haul into the garage. I parked in the driveway and then decided to sit in the yard and eat. It felt so nice and relaxing to sit in the quiet shade of the trees in the yard. After I finished eating I collected my trash and placed it in the trash can located to the side of the house and then proceeded to carry all of my purchases into the garage. After I had completely unloaded my purchases from my SUV I locked the garage and then I proceed back to my SUV to drive back to Joy and Carl's house. I pulled into the driveway, parked my SUV and grabbed my things, and headed into the house. I went straight upstairs and grabbed the manuscript that I needed to finish for work and laid down on my bed. After working through the rest of the manuscript I laid it on my nightstand and slipped into a nightgown and slipped between my sheets. I fell asleep that night dreaming about all of the things that I wanted to accomplish with my new home.
