Random yet interesting tid bit...

First of all, I just received a call from the first company I interviewed with...  remember this post .  Well I was just offered the position with a start date.  I was given a monetary amount that I was not happy with.  I communicated to them the lowest amount I am willing to accept and am now awaiting another call.

Now on to the interesting tid bit.  I was outside sitting on a lawn chair when I noticed a police car.  Now it is not uncommon to see police cars around my neighborhood because we have a high school one block away.  They are there all day.  In fact, police stay there damn near 24 hours due to speed traps they have set up.  Anywhoo, I was sitting in my lawn chair when I noticed several cop cars speeding down the street.  Being the concerned (read nosey) neighbor that I am, I went to the front of the lawn to see what was going on.  Well down the street I notice 4 police officers running through someone's yard.  Y' all this type of stuff don't happen around here, so I found it very exciting. 

I sat and watched the on goings for another 5-10 minutes before I noticed a cop car hastily driving off.  Well, I proceeded to walk down the block to see what was going on (told y'all I'm nosey).  I notice a lil black boy running from the cops.  Well, actually,  he wasn't really running.  He was actually only going fast  enough (very slow jog) to remain ahead of the cop that was within his eye sight LOL!!! It was the funniest stuff I have seen in a while.  It was COPS worthy y'all!!!  He eventually picked up speed and lost the cop.  The cop looked heated y'all (literally and figuratively)!!!!  It is a nice 80 degrees out here today.  The lil black kid had on a black tee shirt and shorts.  The cop had on full cop gear (shirt, pants, and all that other jazz).  He  was sweating his ass off.

Well wouldn't you know, one of my elderly white neighbors came out to see what all the excitement was about.  Just as the neighbor came out, a cop car came down our street and stopped suddenly in front of my elderly white neighbor.  He loudly asked him  if he saw a black boy in a black tee shirt.  Now, mind y'all, this is the same cop who passed me by several times.  Did he ask me?  Yes, yes he did.  Only after driving around for a while longer did he finally ask me.  Oh, did I mention my elderly white neighbor lives 2 doors down and it would not taken any time to ask me when he initially asked my elderly white neighbor. 

Well, I simply replied no I haven't seen anything.  Truth is, by the time he asked me, that lil black boy was no where near where I saw him.  Would I have told had I been asked after immediate seeing the boy.  Um, I really don't know.....