Susie’s head was filled with thoughts of what was wrong. First, she was not tall enough. On the other hand, Tara, her neighbor was five foot eight. She could still wear heels. She could play basketball successfully. Susie had a bad case of next door neighbor envy.
Susie’s grass was filled with bare patches. It had weeds too. Her husband never took care of it cause he spent all his spare time cutting wood with his new echo chainsaw. All the trees at the lot line looked fantastic. The grass looked second rate.
Susie thought about her own husband. He ignored the grass until it grew high enough for them to be fined. When he finally cut it, he didn’t trim around the patio or edge the sidewalk. She nagged and nagged but he never finished it right.
Susie needed groceries again. She wondered what Tara ate, she was thin but not too thin. Susie carried a few extra pounds. She exercised but it seemed it didn’t help much. Did Tara exercise enough? She supposed she did.
Susie was so happy the day she and her husband bought a twin sleigh bed for their daughter. It was a soft white in French Provincial style and perfect for a little girls room. She called Tara to come over and see it. Tara complimented the bed highly and then they had coffee together. Of course, Susie thought Tara’s brand of coffee was better, but oh well at least she now had a sleigh bed for her daughter.
Tara brought her two daughters for a visit the next day. The little girls had fun playing with dolls. Susie smugly noted that they only had one video game system while her daughter had one all to herself. The three girls had fun and never gave toy envy a thought.
After they left, Susie and her daughter chatted. The child told her that Tara’s two girl’s each had a sleigh bed in their room. Susie felt that old next door neighbor envy and it grew unbearable. She was glad Tara hadn’t bragged about it.
The very next morning Susie and her daughter went to the mall. In the furniture store Susie’s daughter asked what furniture they needed. When they looked at sleigh beds, the child was surprised. But I have one she said. Her mother screeched out that she was buying one for the guest room. On the day of delivery Susie also had two sleigh beds in her home.
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