A few months ago I had a moment of bliss in my life even though the day itself was cold, blowing snow, and just miserable. My wife, of 12 years is perhaps the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me, and it’s because she’s right with just about everything. I’m a builder in the northern part of Michigan and as anybody who lives here can tell you, the winters are very cold. Now general contracting work does slow in the winter season, keeping food on the table requires inside work which thankfully is in abundance.
A friend of mine called with a bad water leak that was not only running down the walls but dripping onto the floor as well. This required some investigation in which I discovered the problem was a leak in the roof. Needless to say there was already a foot of snow on the ground and on the roof. I normally don’t go on a roof at all in the winter because of the slipping hazards involved, but this lady was desperate.
Now, here’s the part where my wife is always right, this was just after the holiday season and one of the gifts she gave me was a pair of rubber boots, Muck Boots Hosers Classics to be specific. My first impression was that these were no cheap, or ordinary rubber, waterproof boots, they looked pretty rugged, and I’m on my feet all day long in some pretty tough environments, I need footwear to last. And these are not something that you would buy at a discount all in one store that just fit over your own boots, these were rubber, waterproof, and have a great inside liner in them already.
So before I went on this roof, I grabbed this new pair of rubber boots from the van and put them on, I figured since they are new, they should have some good traction. All I know is, I think my leather work boots are history. I am pretty much set in my ways, I didn’t think anything made of rubber was going to give me the support or protect my feet the way my trusty old boots always have, but now I know better.
What I didn’t know was that my wife knows what I need to do my job better than I do. A genuine pair of Muck Boots, apparently they are high quality rubber waterproof boots, not the kind you’d find at Walmart or Target, but something that appears to me like it’s going to last me for years. Well, that’s her, always looking out for me, I do have to come home to her every night, and I still look forward to this every night.