Great Expectations
Originally posted on June 30, 2008
Kenzo: “Mrs. Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her cleanliness more uncomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself.”
Kaida: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee! You did it again!
Kenzo: What? Quoted Chuck Dickens?
Kaida: No, showed up early! I expected you tonight!
Kenzo: Sorry – I let you assume PM when it was really AM. I like to surprise you – it’s not always easy, you know.
Kaida: And I like your brand of surprise. Just don’t get it backwards and come later than I expect!
Kenzo: *nodding in the direction of the sound booth* Speaking of expectations, does he suspect anything yet?
Kaida: Not a thing. He’s been real busy with….
Pete: *offstage* Kaida! Where the heck did you put that co-ax cable? I swear when you clean up, I can never find anything!
Pete: *entering* Oh, hey, Kenzo. Heard you were coming again. Nice travelin’ threads you got there.
Kenzo: Geez, Pete, I didn’t fly in these. You think I’m nuts?
Pete: You tell me. You came to see Kaida, didn’t you?
Kaida: Hey! If I wasn’t in such a good mood, I’d mess your storeroom back up again.
Pete: *grumbling* Might be able to find stuff better if you did. As it is, I still don’t know what to expect whenever you go through and “organize” it.
Kaida: You should know what to expect by now. But noooooo…. I have to keep reminding you how lucky you are to be on the receiving end of my organizational genius.
Persephone: "Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has Great Expectations."
Pete: *turning to see Persephone behind him* Wha………..? Persephone???!!!???
Persephone: Greetings, Peter. May we surmise by your somewhat shocked expression, that your expectations did not stretch to suspecting our surreptitious strategy?
Pete: If that means did I guess anything about it – no, I didn’t. You guys really got me.
Kenzo: Hope it’s a good gotcha.
Pete: It sure is. So who was the ringleader in all this?
Persephone: The organizer whose brilliant skills you have heretofore failed to recognize, also organized your surprise. You must convey your gratitude to your underappreciated assistant post-haste, Peter.
Pete: Kaida? Hey, thanks, Kaida. Really. Guess I haven’t been as appreciative as I should. Tell you what, I’ll ask the management to double your salary.
Kaida: But I’m a volunteer!
Pete: OK, then we’ll triple it!
Kaida: *to Persephone* See what I have to put up with? If you really want to thank me, you’ll keep him out of my hair for the duration of your visit. I’ve got better things to do than keep track of his co-ax.
Kenzo: That’s for sure.
Persephone: *arching an eyebrow* Though it promises to be a sacrifice of immense proportion…
Persephone: I do believe it can be arranged. *wink*