As I turned the corner onto my street today, I saw it. A pristine, colorful Evenflo Portable Fun Ultrasaucer. On a pile of trash.
It’s little doodads were spinning and tinkling in the cool breeze, just looking for a baby to intellectually stimulate. The padding in the chair screamed, “Touch my clean plushness!” The plastic base secured an invisible baby in the delightful contraption while an invisible mother tended to invisible errands at home, at ease because the Ultrasaucer was a haven in an invisible apartment full of danger.
I walked a few feet thinking, “I can pass this up. I don’t even know anybody with a baby. I don’t need this.”
But I couldn’t.
I turned around and salvaged the Ultrasaucer. It’s spotless and after inspection, perfect just like I thought. If shipping and handling weren’t an issue, I’d mail it home for my cousin. I’m planning on donating it somewhere through Kathy, though - a family, a church daycare, child development center, or maybe even the closest Goodwill.
The score makes me happy, because I know someone can use this. I looked up the product on the internet, just to make sure it hadn’t been recalled or something. It hadn’t. Of course, I also looked up the retail value - $102-$110 on average. Wow. For free.
The opportunity to freecycle is just another example of God/Allah/Goddess’s grace, oh yes. I once was lost, but now I’m found.
