Friday, Finally

I was reclining on the couch last night and I let out a deep sigh and K asked why. I said "I don't want to go to work tomorrow," and she answered "Gee, it's not like you work in a dead baby factory." True, that. Everything in life is outlook. Let's see if I get to have a lunch period today.

So here's an interesting thing that happened yesterday. I first got home around 2.40, since I could get out yesterday at the early time, which is before the elementary school down the street from my house gets out. I parked at the curb, went in and got K, we picked up her car at the mechanic's, and she drove off to class and I on an errand or two. When I got home at 3.30, it was already raining. But I saw something lying on the strip of grass between our sidewalk and the street, next to where my car was parked, and I picked it up. It's a Nintendo DS Lite game system thingy, with a game in it. It must have fallen out of some kid's bag while he was getting into the car; people will often park in front of my house when they're picking they're kids up at the school.

So now what? Post a sign at the school that says "NINTENDO FOUND! Call ..." and have every kid in the school call? That's assuming the school would even post such an announcement.

I called a Nintendo 800 number to see if the thing was registered, and then they would call the owners and have them call me. Got a nice guy on the phone, but this one was never registered.

I ended up typing up a sign: FOUND Nintendo DS-Lite Have an adult call ..... between 4 pm and 7 pm. Asking for an adult to call should cut down on the crazies, and when someone calls, I'll ask them to tell me what color it is and what game is in it. I keep picturing some poor kid crying his eyes out because he lost his birthday or Christmas present and being afraid to tell his parents. I put the sign in a ziploc bag -- it's still raining -- and nailed it to the tree in front of my house. Hopefully, they will see it when they drop the kid off today, or at least when they pick him up this afternoon. I guess if I get no response over the weekend, I'll call the school Monday. Or maybe I should call the police? Would a parent bother to report something lost like that to the police?

Hey, it's 7.37 and my sub just arrived for the day. Things are looking up!

...picture the hands of a clock spinning, spinning ...

and ... it's about a quarter to eight, or roughly twelve hours since I typed up that first bit up there. The sub in the library worked out nicely, and this afternoon, I had my most enjoyable freshman orientation group of the year, the small class of non-English speaking kids. Well, okay, some of them speak English some; this is the intermediate class. But they were very sweet, and found me most amusing, which I love, of course, and they were lots of fun.

It stopped raining pretty early this morning, and then the sun actually came out, but it turned very, very windy. My sister tells me it may go down into the 30s tonight. May I remind you that it was in the high 80s on Monday. I am not turning on the heat in the house tonight; I refuse. Air conditioning and heat on in the same week do not compute.

No callers on the Nintendo. I did call the police, who have no missing game reports. They suggested I call the school on Monday, which I guess I will. I'll take down the sign tomorrow, too, since whoever it was that lost it isn't likely to be coming by here on a weekend.

Looks like a quiet weekend. We'll see what develops.

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