Well this caption takes me back to a funny, now not then, story. The first year I was married we lived at Sugar Creek apartments and had a cocker spaniel puppy, Brandi. We were not supposed to have a pet because we couldn't afford the 325 deposit. We kept her anyway, secretly..lol. One day Marc took her out to potty and it seemed to take longer than usual. So, I went out to check on them and found Brandi alone?? I could think of no good reason why he would willingly leave her by herself. I looked all around to no avail. I decided he had been kidnapped. I took Brandi in and called his sister to see if I was overreacting before calling the police. She agreed that I should call so I did. I told them everything that had happened but they insisted I needed to wait a few hours. A few minutes after I got off the phone, Marc walked in. I'm sure I lashed out with 'Where have you been? I just reported you kidnapped.' You what??? He had met some neighbor guy and was talking computers. Ughh, the panic it caused!
Years later when we were buying our house, the bank informed us they couldn't process our loan till we took care of a lien on us. A lien? We were clueless as to what that was about. It turned out to be that pet deposit. Well we paid it and could afford it alot easier at that point. Luckily, we didn't have other past due pet deposits from any other places we'd lived.
Isn't it amazing how we can panic over nothing? I can remember one time when we were in college and Buster was supposed to pick me up at a certain time. He didn't, and I began to wonder all sorts of things. I was reading my Bible and came across a verse that said something about casting your bread in the water. I decided he must have gone fishing. He had!
ReplyDeleteAll I can say it is a good thing that Brandi was not the one missing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Dad
ReplyDeleteLOVE that picture of Brandi....what a cutie! I've always heard the past will come back to haunt you! Makes me ever so thankful for forgiveness!!! Guess that little old deposit was hanging out there just waiting to be discovered and used, LOL! I've also heard, "Better to act and then seek forgiveness than to ask permission and be told no." Not true in most cases!! Better get it right before you do it. I used to panic so easily. James was at a friend's house one night and they were cooking and talking....he got home in the wee hours of the morning with me looking out the window for headlights. I was NOT a happy camper. There was a popular c/w song out at the time entitled, "Don't you think you should have called?" I have used that song title on him so many times!!! As long as I know you're "missing", I'm okay!! Thanks for the way back when, Angie....I always love those....and love you 2, T.
ReplyDeleteWas you dad your landlord? That's a great story. Have a great day today! Joel
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