This weekend we were busy with YW happenings. We are building a turkey pit for our Girls Camp fundraiser, we will deep-pit bake turkeys for Thanksgiving. Saturday we cleaned up cinder block and chopped down a bunch of citrus trees for firewood to fuel the pit. Hard work all day long. We had borrowed Phil's mom's truck to help haul the trailer for various pit business.
As customary when we borrow things we make sure it is returned clean and in good working order. I washed, vacuumed and detailed the truck so we could return it to Susan spic and span. We left shortly after to return various tools and then the truck. First stop was to a friend's house to return a tool, we spent 20 minutes or so in their house chatting. Knowing that in their community you cannot park on the street I pulled the truck around the corner and walked back to the house to continue visiting. We leave their house and are approached by a man standing on the corner asking if we own a Toyota Tacoma. We warily reply "yes".
"Well," he replies, "it just got vandalized." Nice. Just what we need. How ironic it is on the way to return the freshly cleaned truck back to it's rightful owner. This is what we found:
Some crazy punk kids decide to throw a rock or something through the driver side window and then rummage around to see what they can steal. Fortunately there was nothing of value in the car, they took the garage door openers and we think some maintenance papers. We hung around the neighborhood wanting for the police so we could file a report to help out the neighbors stop this petty crime. It only took over an hour, very timely, seeing it wasn't an emergency! Thanks to Officer Speedy I was unable to run all of my other errands such as dinner, grocery shopping, return other borrowed items, clean my house, etc. So, if you ever want to loan us something, we do try and make sure it is returned in its original condition. By the way Mom & Dad Gunnell, look in the mail for Phil's photo radar ticket. Hope you are enjoying your trip in Philly. Love ya!
Today, I also had the opportunity to speak in the Pueblo Branch (Spanish speaking only). For the first time in my public speaking career, I was not nervous! Maybe it had something to do with the fact that they don't know what I am saying. Just kidding, I had a translator, but really all I did was read my talk line by line and she would repeat me. BORING! Poor congregation! All in all, I am so glad this week is over and all speaking, digging, chopping, YW events are over.
Hope your weekend was better than mine!
Hope your weekend was better than mine!
7 comments:
Heather-that is the saddest story!! I hate when stupid people do stupid things like that!
Heather it is so good to see you. Jade and I say hello. Hope all is well. Love Jade and Crystal
holy shoot! i'll remember NOT to let you borrow anything of ours! ha! that TOTALLY sucks, people can be so stinkin' stupid!
That stinks. I had to laugh though about the part with the photo radar ticket. You are a really good writer. I love reading your posts because they are just worded so well. Glad that your busy week is done.
P.S. I have not excersized at all. Its too hard to do it before work and after work I am dead tired.
Of all the darn luck! Never fails does it. Well Heather, I would still trust you with my stuff =)!
oh my gosh, i cant believe it! dont you just feel violated of all privacy? i hate stupid people/kids for doing stuff like that. one day, they will pay for it!
Sounds like you had a crazy weekend! I thought you would be done with YW stuff for a while after Evening in Excellence. I can't believe you also have the fundraiser to get organized! What a busy time for you. Good luck with everything.
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