Farmer H Plays Dumb

When I was in town last Friday, I parked at the main post office to go in and mail some bills and Genius's weekly letter. The parking area has a roof over it, next to the building. I noticed that on the brick wall, only one of my headlights was shining. Since I'm not outside of T-Hoe when he's running, I can't observe these things. T-Hoe is from 2008, when daytime running lights were a thing. So they shine all the time when I'm driving.

When I got home Monday, I didn't have any groceries to carry in. No dogs came into the garage. So I just got out and walked in front of T-Hoe to the people door. The headlights stay on for a couple minutes before shutting themselves off. I saw that the right headlight was shining, but the left headlight was not.

I forgot to tell Farmer H. But I sent him a text Tuesday morning:

"My left headlight is out."

"Ok when did you see that"

"On the post office wall Friday. And yesterday as I walked out of the garage."

"Ok just thought you might of got out this morning I'll get one for it"

"No. I'm not going anywhere. The snow. And it's too cold!"

"That's good roads were a little slick this morning"

Aww. Isn't that sweet? Farmer H was worried about me! Or so I thought at the time. Sweet Gummi Mary! Were my instincts wrong on this one!

Farmer H got a new light bulb for T-Hoe. When he got home, he said he wasn't putting it in during this below-zero cold. Fine with me. I wasn't planning to get out for a few days.

Yesterday morning, on my call to The Pony, I mentioned T-Hoe's light.

"Is Dad still there?"

"No. He just left."

"Don't mention this to Dad. It's not worth a fight. But he KNEW you had a light out on T-Hoe. Remember when we got back from the casino last Tuesday? And I was driving Dad to get SilverRedO from getting worked on? And you followed us to town, to get your scratchers? Well, I wanted to text you to tell you that you had a headlight out, but Dad told me not to. 'She don't drive after dark. It'll be fine until I fix it. She don't need to know.'"

"WHAT? That's what he said when I told him I didn't want to get arrested for having a headlight out! He said, 'You ain't gonna get arrested, HM. You don't drive after dark.'"

"Don't say anything. But he really did know all this time."

"He NEVER takes care of my car!"

"I know. And he really should."

"At least he has the bulb to put in. It's going to be above freezing over the weekend, and next week. So I'll push for him to put it in. I wondered why he asked me when I noticed. I bet he was fishing for information to see if you told me!!!"

Dang Farmer H! He really needs to take better care of T-Hoe. And MEEEEEEE!