OMG! What a day! My first day back in the fitness mode! We were up early...again...and out for a run by 9a.m. I went on my own as Kier definitely goes at a different speed than I do...that competitive nature rearing its ugly head. Well, I'm heading down the road near the house, minding my own business, going at a snail's pace, when I see an envelope on the ground, and it looks rather thick. Of course, being a trained observer I stop to pick it up. Well, imagine my surprise when I find that the envelope is stuffed full of bills...at first glance there had to be more than $500 in the envelope, and it wasn't sealed, with no markings on the outside. As I'm standing there gobsmacked (as they say on Corrie Street) trying to decide whether to turn on my heel and run back up the hill to call the police from home and report this find, or to continue on my run and report it when I get home...I mean, what difference is about 20 minutes going to make?? Just then I hear a rather old and shaky voice screaming at me "Thief, thief, you're stealing my money" and look up to see a little old lady making her way down her driveway rather feebly...shaking a cane at me. I look around in some confusion as I wonder who and what she's talking about. "I've called the police", she yells, "and they're on their way...don't you move, you thief". As I try to calm her down, I hear the sirens wailing in the distance. Now this is going to look embarrassing, I think to myself...my third day of retirement and involved in a police occurrence. I approach the woman to try to explain that I found the envelope of cash lying on the side of the road, but apparently I look threatening in my running pants, jacket and my "survivor" buff around my head. She starts backing up the drive towards her house yelling for me to stay away from her, "you thief". Well, when the police car arrives I approach the car to identify myself, not knowing what this elderly woman has told them on the phone. Doesn't it turn out to be someone I don't know who seems to consider me threatening as well and immediately goes into a defensive mode, grabbing me, throwing me against the police vehicle and cuffing me while grabbing the envelope of money out of my hands. As I try to explain what has happened, I get thrown into the back of the police vehicle where I'm left while the officer deals with the elderly lady....
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY: It's not nice to fool your friends...APRIL FOOLS!!!
Hope you all had a great day and weren't the victims of too many pranks!
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