Once upon a time my dear friend Logan & I used to live about half a block away from each other.

There came the time when I wanted to get rid of my office chair, and I gave it to Logan. We both thought it would be fun, since the chair has wheels, if we RODE it over to Logan’s house. Logan rode his bike over to my adorable little bungalow house and attached a bungee cord from his bicycle to the underside of the office chair and we headed down Centenary Avenue (one of the most prestigious streets in Cleveland, TN). I was extremely nervous about the bungee cord coming free and snapping me in the face and, wouldn’t you know, it did come free but only slapped my leg. The bungee cord wasn’t working out, so Logan just held my hand and dragged me. It was awesome! There were people on their front porches watching us and, I imagine, giving us thumbs up to express their approval.

As we were parading down the middle of the street, Logan yelled out “Oh, nothing! Just two self-employed people with no health insurance!,” and I thought it was just the funniest (and, at the time, truest) thing ever! Here we were, two self-employed entrepreneurs with NO health insurance, embarking on a short jaunt around the block on an OFFICE CHAIR. It was am emergency room visit just waiting to happen!

When we reached Harle Street and had to go down a hill is when I really started to re-consider my decision in opting out of health insurance (which, by the way, I am now fully covered).

But we are young and resilient and no harm came to either of us. Fun times!