The Great Garage Door Mystery

On Sunday afternoon Breanne was getting ready to leave the house to go to a meeting. As she tried to open the garage door, she heard a loud clanging noise and realized that something had broken and the garage door was not going to open. I went out to investigate and one of the cables had completely snapped. Luckily, my car was already out of the garage so she could just take mine for now and be on her way. Now we had the problem of what to do to get her car out. I began the process of calling around to try and find someone who could come out on a Sunday and rescue our car from it's prison. I called a few numbers that didn't work,left a message at one place, and finally got a hold of one guy. Because it was a Sunday he wanted a whopping $140 per hour to come out and fix it! And he starts the time from when he leaves his house and doesn't stop it until he gets back home. With the cost of parts, this was going to be a $300 job. I told him to forget it. Luckily, my friend came by and we managed to lift the door and get the car out and then shut the door back. This was going to buy us a little time.

Then we thought to call an old coworker of Breeanne's to help. Her husband is a garage door repair man and has helped us before. He couldn't be out for a few days, but since we had the car out already, that wasn't a huge deal. He was just going to stop by when he had a chance.

So Monday, a repairman showed up at our house. Knowing that someone was supposed to stop by at some point to look at it, our babysitter let the man in. He investigated the door and realized he didn't have the right part to fix it and would be back the next day. Yesterday rolls around and he returns to fix our door. He does his job and then he leaves without saying a word about how much we owe him. Breanne texts her friend to find out how much we owe her husband and we discover that he had not been out to our house yet!

What!!! Who the heck was at our house? I called the two companies that I spoke with or left a message with and both of them said that they did not have any record of sending anyone out to our house. I am at a complete loss! At first, I was super pissed that someone would come and do work at my house without my approval. But now that I don't know who to be angry at, it has subsided. I suppose it will return once I get bill from this mystery company. Or... maybe it was the garage door fairy who stopped by! Although, he was much burlier that most faeries... as far as faeries go at least.