What's Going On???

Last week, Ryan was home from school with a little cold. I was upstairs and hear sirens-looked out the window and saw the escorted parade coming down the road. I ran down and grabbed Ryan's hand and we went out to cheer for Caleb. Caleb is a young man in our ward- such a sweet kid!

We live just a few houses from the school so it was really neat to see the school kids lining the road- cheering him on. (I forgot the camera in the house, so the picture below is from the local run last year- for effect.) Caleb passed our house, we waved, clapped and cheered. The parade ended just the other side of our yard- the Sheriff department vehicles stopped there to do whatever it is they do with the torch to transport it to the next location. Meanwhile, Ryan and I went into the house to get the post box keys. The phone rang, it was Debbie asking about kindergarten pick-up. We chatted a second- the call waiting beeped. It was Wes- I figured I'd call him right back and finished my conversation with Debbie. I must be getting old- I hung up the phone and Ryan and I went to the post box without calling Wes.

Ryan helped get the mail- a favorite past time of his. We said hello to our Post Mistress and went to the truck. My cell phone was ringing- I hurried as quick as I could to answer; full hands and all. A quick glance- Wes was calling. Here's how it went- or best I can remember after almost a week. Oh, and I think he was on his way home-although he probably won't admit it now.
Me- "Hello?"
Wes- "Where are you?"
Me-"At the post office."
Wes-"What the @&*% is going on?"
Me-"What???"
Wes-"Someone just called Bodee and told him the cops are at our house." (Bodee is a co-worker.)
Me-"Wow! Someone has too much time on their hands- Who was it?"
Wes-"Someone in town."
Me-"Special Olympics Torch Run."
Wes-"Oh-Okay."
Me-"That's pretty weird that someone would think that the whole school would be let out to look down the road to see the cops at our house- don'tcha think?"
Wes- Silence

Ok- it went on a bit from there- I got him to tell me who it was- they will remain anonymous on this post to protect their reputation- Or something like that.

Oh the joys of small town life- without neighbors like this, we may get really bored!