ship-jumper's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eavesdropping Wanted OK. So I think I finally have my freaking template figured out. The Haloscan thing is I THINK working….even though it’s not exactly working the way I want it to or as it should be. Enough time has been spent playing around with this darn thing. It’s time to just write! It seems fitting to at least mention the prank I had pulled on me yesterday, as I can honestly say I have never been “had” on April Fool’s Day before. Mind you, it’s not due to my keen sense, having a great BS detector, or being able to see right thru people as they try to fool me. While this is all true, the real reason for this statement is simply that no one has ever tried to get me before. Quite strange when I thought about it actually. I guess in some respect I actually got a warm fuzzy as I realized that small fact. I am now part of the "been fooled" gang perhaps?? CK has told me time and time again that you cannot park on the streets overnight in this town. Ok ok ok. I got it hon, really. I’m used to this to a point especially from living in Minnesota during the winters, but I didn’t really give it much thought past the fact that the point was taken and the mental note put in place to remember to pull the car in at night. Sunday morning brought stress before I even had the cup of coffee up to my lips. CK’s parents told her that unfortunately we got nailed with a parking ticket as we forgot to pull the car in. SHE actually forgot to do it, so at least I could claim no-fault. Oh the words were flying about how and why she forgot to get the car off the street….I took it as a cue to take my coffee and the Princess out to the backyard while CK went and got the ticket off the windshield to survey the damage. Holy Cripes!! They are REALLY serious about not parking on the streets overnight! She came back in and informed us that it came with a $250 price tag. OUCH!! That is insane! You can get nailed with a speeding ticket for going over 15 miles an hour and not pay that much in the states! Her folks had a few words with her that I was able to tune out as I enjoyed my morning java-jump and taking in the sight of my little princess voiding the no longer needed fluid and solids from her body. Joy joy. CK and I talked about how we were going to pay this off and inhaled lung destroying fumes together. We went back in the house and she, her folks and I shared ‘I remember when’ stories involving tickets. CK started to say that she was going to just blow off the ticket and chance not getting fined more heavily, and of course I didn’t think this was the route to go. After a few exchanges of this I started to hear laughing and yelling…and it was directed at me as I was the only one not doing it. HA HA!! APRIL FOOLS!!! I had been had. It was all a joke. I didn’t even realize it was April 1st. More importantly I didn’t even realize it was ‘the day to fool and pull a prank.’ They got me good. It took a few moments for me to put together what they were saying, what had been discussed the last 10 minutes, and to recollect what April Fools being yelled at you meant. They got me good! Her folks….high five to them! The joke on me was two for the price of one. The joke was on CK when she went out and realized there was no ticket on her car and she lucked out with forgetting to move the car off the street. Because I wasn’t around to partake in this, they all got to recycle the prank and add a $250 ouch-factor to the mix on me. Buggers! I really need to learn to eavesdrop on conversations more. I could have had them back had I known what was going on. Wait until next year. 7:50 p.m. - 2007-04-02 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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