The Walterland Blog

Yesterday and today I had to come in to work early. On my way in I have been stopping at this Rutter’s I pass by every day. I don't usually drink soda anymore... unless I have to come in to work early. It seems to keep me awake since I'm not drinking coffee anymore (I don't know why I’m not drinking coffee anymore).

As I pulled into the parking lot I noticed a lot more cars there today than yesterday. There were two rent-a-cop cars and two real cop cars. I proceed inside and got my Diet Coke and stood in line and waited. The guy jockeying the register was the same guy from yesterday. He was waiting on one of the cops. The cop started asking him questions about a situation, that's when I noticed the cashier was sporting a "Hello, I Am In Training" ribbon under his name tag. So I started to listen a little closer to the conversation.

The cashier started describing a situation that had happened apparently pretty close to the time I was in there yesterday. There was a customer that requested 2 cartons on some kind of cigarettes, and two cartons of another kind. The cashier said the guy had money in hand and thought nothing of it. He set the cartons down on the counter then turned around to do something else. While he was doing that, the guy grabbed the cartons and ran out the door.

The cashier then said that there was another customer behind this guy, which made it seem a little less likely that this would happen. Apparently after it happened, this other customer gave chase but was unsuccessful at apprehending.

The cop was asking the clerk more and more questions, "Would you be able to recognize him again?" The clerk said he would, then started giving a brief description... He was giving MY description. "He was a little bigger than you... wearing a baseball cap... had a beard..." The last thing I needed this clerk-in-training to do this morning is point to me and shout, "That's the guy!" Well, he didn’t.

Who the hell would go to a Rutter’s with the intention of stealing 4 cartons of smokes? My own personal thoughts... Either the clerk was in on the heist, or the other customer was. Reason… when I was in there, the place was EMPTY. Go to a convenience store at 1:30 in the morning on a Tuesday... see if there's anyone else in there besides the clerk. The cops were going to come back later and talk to the manager and view video tapes.

Well, it looks like we are going to continue to be cat owners. Later in the day, the wife and kids went for a walk looking for him... mainly because Emily was a little upset.

The wife had a whole plan together to be walking slightly ahead of Emily just in case she saw something that she didn't want Emily to see... like a dead cat. If that happened she was going to do the ol', "well, he's not this way... let's try the other way" and spin her around.

While they were playing "search party" he popped out of the woods looking a little shook up. The wife thought he may have got a little lost... I believe it. Upon further inspection she did discover a lump on his throat. I haven't seen it because I don't spend too much time with the cat, but I guess he's alright. We kept him inside for the next day but let him out again the following.

He has not wandered from our yard since. Guess he's here to stay.

Last night, my cat disappeared... again. This is not unusual for him since we started letting him out during the day... Letting him out has been beneficial for us also... For one, we hardly see him anymore. When we do see him, he's actually pleasant to be around and doesn't attack the kids anymore. The situation has been getting pretty good.

One thing does concern us though. We had just got both kids to bed and the wife and I were standing outside talking. We started hearing these god awful noises coming from somewhere out in the golf course. It sounded like our cat was getting his ass whooped by some other cats. I guess he wandered into the wrong yard.

We left the back door to our garage open last night with the light on for him to retreat to. When we woke up this morning, he was still missing. I looked for him on the road this morning on my way in... I didn't see him anywhere. Not sure what the fate of the cat is yet. I'll keep everyone posted.

Over the past couple days I noticed quite a few people pulled over by cops. I guess since the weather is turning nice, people just don't wanna stop at stop signs anymore or something...

One thing I noticed that all these drivers had in common... They all had their 4-way flashers on. Why do they do that? Is it in case people don't notice the 50 other lights on the cop car behind them and that they should watch out?

Personally, I think they may be doing this as a diversion tactic... They are trying to convince people they didn't really get pulled over for a moving violation... they are in fact, broken down. Sha right...

Take a look at the next few cars you see pulled over. I bet they got their 4-ways on.

I can't quite make out where you put the straw...

Wine in a box...

About damn time...

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