Thursday, July 10, 2008
Finished
Well, I need to stop stalling. I haven't blogged much this past year, because life is so busy with the family, church, restaurant, work. Plus, the well seems to have run dry on my deep thoughts! So, although I will leave the blog site open for a while, there will be no more posts.
I will miss the friends I have made in the blog community, because writing and reading is a good way to keep up with each other's lives and is ministry. I hope to not lose some of these valuable relationships. Biscotti, I'll be emailing you soon.
Until we meet again........
-a-
I will miss the friends I have made in the blog community, because writing and reading is a good way to keep up with each other's lives and is ministry. I hope to not lose some of these valuable relationships. Biscotti, I'll be emailing you soon.
Until we meet again........
-a-
Thursday, July 03, 2008
B&E
I had an interesting experience today.
I had borrowed a projector from a group that meets in a nearby church. I don't know them, but my boss does. I raced back there with what I thought was only a couple minutes to spare, to find that there were no cars in the parking lot. Still hoping that I had a chance, I went up to the front door. Hhm. The blinds were closed. Well, maybe there was someone in the building waiting for a ride. I knocked, and tried the door handle. Yay it wasn't locked! I slowly opened it a bit and quietly called "hello". There was a response.
woop, woop, woop, woop......
Yep, everyone was gone, the door was unlocked, and I tripped the alarm.
I don't have a cell phone, so I couldn't call anyone to tell them that it wasn't really an emergency. I slowly walked around and checked out a couple of neighbourhood houses, wondering which one would be best to knock on, asking to use the phone to divert the police from coming. I wondered if they would come screaming around the corner any minute to stop a burglary in progress. I wondered if driving away would be a problem.
Since the neighbourhood houses all seemed to have jacked up 4x4 trucks in the driveway, I decided driving to a different neigbourhood would be a good decision. So, I took off down the road, hoping no one would report my license for leaving the scene. I stopped in at the Fire Station, thinking that was a logical next choice and used their phone. I called the group who meets at the church.
"Hi, I'm Margaret's associate. I borrowed the projector today. "
"Yes" came the response.
"Well, I went to return it and the door was closed but I opened it because it wasn't locked and I tripped the alarm."
"Oh....let me get someone who can deal with this."
So, I still didn't return the projector, and now I have to see them in the morning! I've learned my lesson. No cars, no stopping.
I had borrowed a projector from a group that meets in a nearby church. I don't know them, but my boss does. I raced back there with what I thought was only a couple minutes to spare, to find that there were no cars in the parking lot. Still hoping that I had a chance, I went up to the front door. Hhm. The blinds were closed. Well, maybe there was someone in the building waiting for a ride. I knocked, and tried the door handle. Yay it wasn't locked! I slowly opened it a bit and quietly called "hello". There was a response.
woop, woop, woop, woop......
Yep, everyone was gone, the door was unlocked, and I tripped the alarm.
I don't have a cell phone, so I couldn't call anyone to tell them that it wasn't really an emergency. I slowly walked around and checked out a couple of neighbourhood houses, wondering which one would be best to knock on, asking to use the phone to divert the police from coming. I wondered if they would come screaming around the corner any minute to stop a burglary in progress. I wondered if driving away would be a problem.
Since the neighbourhood houses all seemed to have jacked up 4x4 trucks in the driveway, I decided driving to a different neigbourhood would be a good decision. So, I took off down the road, hoping no one would report my license for leaving the scene. I stopped in at the Fire Station, thinking that was a logical next choice and used their phone. I called the group who meets at the church.
"Hi, I'm Margaret's associate. I borrowed the projector today. "
"Yes" came the response.
"Well, I went to return it and the door was closed but I opened it because it wasn't locked and I tripped the alarm."
"Oh....let me get someone who can deal with this."
So, I still didn't return the projector, and now I have to see them in the morning! I've learned my lesson. No cars, no stopping.