2025-02-10 - We All Have Someone to Blame

[TXT to Michael] Trick: Hey, this Michael? Trick Barrett.

[TXT to Trick] Michael: Hey Trick. How's it going?

[TXT to Michael] Trick: Doing all right! A little weirdly shy reaching out to the people... hopefully you're not horrified I won the bid 😂

[TXT to Trick] Michael: Not at all! I'm looking forward to it. I think we'll have fun. Did you have a preference on which option to go for? On island or off?

[TXT to Michael] Trick: Yeah, yours seemed like a fun time! I like the horses in theory but off island sounds like a good time, unless you're secretly hoping I wanted the other option 😆 I want you to have fun too!

[TXT to Trick] Michael: I wouldn't have offered both options if I wasn't interested in both. So let's get off the island and go have a day in Traverse. 😀

[TXT to Michael] Trick: sounds good. I can work around your schedule, since I, ahem, don't have a job to get to. Just a few other dates to schedule. I didn't expect to win so many, oops 😂 did you bid on anyone or just put yourself up for market?

[TXT to Trick] Michael: I didn't bid, no. I actually wasn't even going to put myself up, but an acquaintance of mine convinced me to give it a try. It's all her fault, really. 😃

[TXT to Trick] Michael: I have Wednesday and Thursday off this week. If either of those work for you?

[TXT to Michael] Trick: We all have someone to blame, right?

[TXT to Michael] Trick: Wednesday works for me 😀

[TXT to Michael] Trick: Who was the friend? Out of curiosity. Not that I know most of the people by any means. Though I know more than I would expect to, weirdly. A few faces from the past.

[TXT to Trick] Michael: Oh, Peyton. She is a confectioner. I'm not sure if I'd say friend? She is an acquaintance that turned up at my apartment demanding I feed her like a stray cat, and I made the mistake of doing so.

[TXT to Trick] Michael: Though I guess it worked out alright in the end. It would have been embarrassing if no one had bid at all.

[TXT to Trick] Michael: Who do you have to blame?

[TXT to Michael] Trick: Oh, don't know that one. But I'm glad it worked out. I'm sure I'm not the only one who bid on you!

[TXT to Michael] Trick: I felt the same way though. As far as blame, it was Lennox and Charmaine. I wouldn't have otherwise. I'd just have donated and bid, maybe.

[TXT to Trick] Michael: I did a direct donation, myself.

[TXT to Trick] Michael: Ah, so the event runner himself and the event staff? Yeah, I can see where the pressure came in from that one 😃

[TXT to Michael] Trick: how dare they do their jobs

[TXT to Michael] Trick: Charmaine's comeuppance is a date with me, so. Karma.

[TXT to Trick] Michael: Oh, that's funny!

[TXT to Trick] Michael: So, are you an early riser or prefer to sleep in? How early do you want to hop the ferry to Traverse on Wednesday?

[TXT to Michael] Trick: usually I like to sleep in but I can make an exception if it's better for you - sleep is for the weak

[TXT to Michael] Trick: (I'm very weak, and I love sleep)

[TXT to Trick] Michael: Well it's a 2 hr ferry ride give or take a bit, so just depends on how much time you want to have over there. If we leave on the 10am ferry we could be there by noonish. That'd give us the afternoon and evening before coming back. Or we could take the noon ferry and get there around 2pmish?

[TXT to Michael] Trick: 10 sounds good, then we can grab some food and do the stuff and things. Meet you at the ferry then?

[TXT to Trick] Michael: That was my thought. Cool. Meet you at the ferry at 10 then on Wednesday!