The poor little girl who was snatched by some predator a week ago was less than 6 miles or so from us. Well last night, about 3 miles from us, they say someone tried to abduct a 13 year old boy. He told the kid to get in the car and when the kid started to back away, the suspect got out of the car trying to grab the kid! Are you kidding me? What do we have to do, literally watch our kids 24/7, even in the front yard. Enough is enough. The mom snapped a picture of the suspects car with her cell phone but he hasn’t been found yet. Wait a minute, the news just said the suspect from the car in the picture has just turned himself in to police! Let’s hope it’s the same guy from both instances. Even if it is, there’s still just a lot of messed up people in the World these day. What has happened to us as a society? You just cannot trust anyone anymore, no matter how nice they appear to be, it’s sad, really sad.
Last night we had some friends over for dinner along with their kids which was fun. The misses did too much, again, and I’m sure she’ll be paying for it today. Earlier in the day the oldest and I ran some errands to get him some new jeans, pick up some food at the store, (pasta was $1 a box instead of the normal $2.59, we bought 20 boxes!) and some other staples we need around the house. I tried to get him a haircut but he didn’t want to even get jeans so I gave him his choice, haircut or jeans and you know what he chose.
Whoops the news just said the guy who turned himself in (with the car in the photo the mom took) was just looking for his girlfriend so this isn’t the predator everyone is looking for, the bad guy is still out there.
This morning the kids have the Gold Rush which is a 5K run. I absolutely will not let the misses even walk it so it looks like I’ll be going with the youngest. The oldest will hopefully have a group of friends he’ll run with but he doesn’t want to wait for his younger brother as he’s trying to get as good as time as possible. I decided I just cannot let the youngest run alone as you never know. The predator, for all we know, could have signed up to run in the race (a kids race) and might be running right along side our children, waiting to grab one and veer off the trail. It is 3.2 miles along a creek in a wooded area. Once again, I may be overreacting but I don’t trust anyone anymore and am not taking any chances. I’ve always been cautious, some might even say too much so, but I’ve seen a lot of things in my life many people have not and I’ve seen first hand just how messed up some people are, so I’m running the 5K. It’s really sad that as a parent you even have to think about your kids safety in a school race.
The oldest and I are going to organize the basement today. We’re also going to get the yard ready for winter and the coming snow. This means wrapping the faucets and picking up flower pots and other assorted things that can be put away until Spring.
Hard to believe tomorrow is October 15th. That means 75 days until Christmas, wow how time flies. On top of all this, some in the intelligence community say Israel might attack Iran in a matter of days, that’s all we need. What the heck is the World coming to. Oh well, you need to focus on the good things in life like family and the simple pleasures. Do not take anything for granted. We’re trying to make sure we embrace each and every day and enjoy it to the fullest. Hope you do too!
Take care and God Bless.