Jacob & Mrs. Gilbert 01
I have heard before that once you do something at least twice, then it becomes your job, even if it's just a side job or a chore. Well, I rewrote that old saying after the first time Mrs. Gilbert asked me to take her car through the huge automatic car wash just on the outskirts of town. If Mrs. Gilbert was going to hand me her key FOB and then retrieve it back from me while wearing her house robe, well, that's my kind of chore. And it certainly didn't hurt that her robe never seemed to be closed too tightly.
So, how did this new chore of mine come about? I was in the right place at the right time and praise the heavens for cat burglars and Mrs. Gilbert's belief that cat burglars hide inside of the automatic car wash amongst the high-pressure soapy water and the multiple rotating soft swirl brushes while waiting for an unsuspecting victim to use the car wash.
And because Mrs. Gilbert liked to wear her house robe exactly how I thought a house robe should be worn, well, I kept it to myself that cat burglars went extinct way back in the day, which I also didn't mention because I had no interest in saying something that she might consider to be a comment about her age. I mean, if it ever came down to it, I would be truthful and state that cat burglars and Unicorns went extinct in the 1970's or something, but until then, I was going to treat my eyes to whatever I could glimpse twice a month. And speaking of twice a month, it seems to me that the Forever 40 Ladies club could meet more than twice a month, but I take what I can get.
"You're all set Mrs. Gilbert. You will pull into the parking lot for your Forever 40 Ladies club meeting in the cleanest car in Middleton."
Here's another thing I learned from my new chore and it speaks to my tender age of 22 (Mrs. Gilbert's words, not mine). If Mrs. Gilbert wears such lingerie under her skirt and blouse, then it stands to reason that I have stood before many women in my brief past and some of them were wearing basically the same thing and I never knew it. And just because it's delightfully fun to say, viva garter belts and nylon stockings.
"Thank you, Jacob, it's really nice that I have you around to take care of these things for me. I mean, the thought of a cat burglar hiding in between all of those flinging and flipping brushes scares me so."
Here's another that I learned the hard way while taking care of Mrs. Gilbert's car cleaning duties. I don't always hear everything she says because my brain diverts a lot of energy to my eyes and away from my ears. I mean, I get the functionality of certain lingerie, but the look and the styles are for men, right?
"Huh, would you look at that? My robe slipped open a little more and you didn't run down the street. Huh."
Nope, I didn't hear anything, but a lace bra, am I right?
"Hello? Earth to Jacob!"
"Oh, ah, sorry Mrs. Gilbert. Anyways, have fun trading gossip with your friends tonight. Who is your BFF? Maggie?"
Ah, seriously? Did her robe open up even further when she planted her hands on her hips? And is that a pose or the beginning of a scolding?
"Yes, I suppose it's fair to say that Maggie is my BFF at the club. Maggie and I actually had a brief lesbian affair when we were abducted by aliens because they left us alone in a small room at the bottom of their spacecraft."
Is that small square piece of plastic on the front of her bra a snap feature? And if it is, does not mean that there is no hook feature in the back?