Well, I know I've been a fount of great cheer lately, but here's a little more I just have to share with you guys. A little background - I don't live in the best neighborhood, but it's not exactly the 'hood. We have our problems now and again, but nothing too serious. The night before last I had a nightmare of a shootout where the suspect decided to ditch his gun in my pond. Well, that's not quite what happened. It's better. About 1:30 in the morning I was awakened by my dog going ape about something. I look outside to find 4 squad cars, a paddy wagon, several undercover cars..... and they're surrounding MY HOUSE!!!! Turns out that a kid (14 or so) and a couple buddies stole a car, took the cops on a high-speed chase, ditched the car and took off through the neighborhood. One genius hopped my fence and landed IN MY POND! The cops had to pull him out. They thought it was the height of hillarity, but as I'm sure you all know, I didn't find it amusing in the least. One cop told my BF 'you might want to drag the pond to see if the other guy is in there - we haven't found him yet'. NOT FUNNY! All I could think was liability! If that jack@ss had gotten hurt or drowned I'd have probably been held responsible
We were up until about 4 watching for the other 'kid' (who we helped catch on a neighbor's property). The situation was bad enough, but they trampled plants, knocked rocks into the pond, and smashed about half of my memorial garden to my dog. I know it will come back, but it broke my heart. So far, other than disruption there doesn't seem to be any actual damage (I pictured a hole in the liner!), but I'm sure going to drain the pond down some to check to see if there IS a gun (or something) on the pond floor. I really don't need this. Well, thanks for listening.
