Driving the Trailer

First I will tell you what the plan was. The plan was that we would rent a little UHaul trailer and attach it to the back of Paul’s car. We would fill it with all the twins’ stuff for their (unfurnished) college apartments. Except: Elizabeth would put her Most Immediate things (mattress, bedding, toiletries) in MY car, and she and I would take advantage of my jobless state to drive back to college a day EARLY, because all three of her last-year roommates graduated, and they were the ones who’d brought all the major furniture (couch, recliner, dining room table/chairs, etc.), and her new roommates are all second-years who have no furniture. She and I would spend our extra day shopping at Goodwill and the like, and when Paul and Edward arrived the next day with the trailer, we’d have Paul use the trailer to go pick up all the big stuff. Here is what actually happened: Paul broke his wrist four days before the plan, and could not drive, and in fact had surgery scheduled for the day…