We finally finished the Mickey and Minnie Mouse puzzle. Actually, in the course of things we discovered it was also a Donald and Daisy Duck puzzle. And a cat on a window sill puzzle. And some seriously creepy images seen through the windows of a restaurant and from behind partially closed curtains in what appears to be apartments above the eating area. Kind of glad to be done with this one. It was definitely a challenge.
We
had a little neighborhood excitement yesterday.
We heard a lot of emergency vehicle sirens. Now, that in itself is not so unusual. But they seemed to be stopping really close
to our house. I checked my fire
department phone app to see what was going on.
Sure enough, there had been a car wreck just around the corner from
us. As I try to do whenever something is
that close, I grabbed my fire department hat and walked over to check on not
just our fire fighters, but also our neighbors.
The
situation was a bit odd. Only one car
was involved. A lady had run off the
road and through the empty parking lot of the Lutheran retreat center and crashed
into our neighbor’s garage. And
according to the three witnesses who saw the whole thing, she then ran into it
again. And again. And again.
Then she managed to back up and tried to drive away. Nope.
Car was done. Garage, though
somewhat damaged, clearly won that battle.
When it apparent that she wasn’t going anywhere, one witness ran over to
check on her. He says he saw her
scrambling to hide something, first in the glove compartment, then under the seat. Hmmm. Clearly
a matter for the police to decide upon. The
fire fighters had cleared the scene and done their preliminary check of the driver. As usual, they had everything pretty much
under control (Can you tell that I’m a little proud of these guys?).
While
we waited I chatted with a few of the fire fighters about our families and how
things were going in their lives. The lady
in the car was refusing any medical assistance, so the EMT’s returned to their
ambulance and left the scene. The police
arrived and began interviewing the lady.
They finally convinced her that the car was undrivable, and that she
needed to get out so they could prepare it for the wrecker. Once she was out, it was a small step for her
to agree to their cataloguing her belongings inside before ethe wrecker drove
away with them all. And yes, they did
find a substance that could be crack cocaine.
I only say that because apparently that first witness overheard the
discussion. And he was more than
talkative to anyone who would listen. Once
it was established that the substance had been found, suddenly the lady decided
that she wanted to go to the hospital after all. So the police put in a recall for the
ambulance to return. Something about
getting her all checked out and declared fit to be incarcerated …
The
younger three fifths of Kel’s kids came over last night. The older two had baseball practice. Mom and Dad had a date. We had a Gotcha Party for their dog. It was the anniversary of the day Leia was
adopted from the shelter. She was here
to celebrate with her cousin Freddy. Doggie
cakes for the animals. Pizza for the humans. They looked suspiciously like muffins. They had been made with peanut butter, among other
things, with whipped cream on top. That
would be the doggie cakes, not the pizza.
The pizza I picked up.
Cheese. Pepperoni. Meat lovers.
Except the meat lovers turned out to be a supreme. Only paid for a meat lovers, though. and we got extra vegetables. That make sit totally healthy, right? The rest of the evening was spent playing
video games and Dog-opoly. Sensing an
adherence to a theme here?
1
Peter 5:10 says, “And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal
glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore
you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.”
Father,
thank you for the animals you created.
They make good companions, and often really good friends. Amen.
No comments:
Post a Comment