So, my dad recently got a new job that has relocated him from Oklahoma City to Kansas City. He asked if I could take a few days off work to drive down and help him pack boxes so they wouldn't have to have the movers do it.... I enjoy spending time with my dad, so I say Yes.
Today he calls... Plans have changed... now he wants me to fly down to OKC (They'll pay), help pack boxes and then drive some of said boxes and other stuff from OKC to Omaha (Where I am, and they own a motel). 'Crap' I'm thinking to myself, I really don't want to drive 10 hours in a moving truck in what would normally be a 7 hour drive in my car... by myself because my wife isn't going to be able to fly down.
Then he says this "I figured out how to get the Pool table taken down, so you can have that for payment"... in this moment, what seemed like a crappy thing turned into a wonderful thing. I get a practically new $2000 pool table for free, and just have to pay someone to set it up for me when I get my basement finished, and my dad isn't going to have to pay 12 grand to move now...
of course there are no direct flights from Omaha to OKC, so I get to route through Denver... which always sucks...