Karrie's Box of Thoughts

Friday, December 17, 2004

Dear Parents....

"At approximately 10:30 a.m. today, we became aware of significant police activity several blocks from our school. A check with the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office confirmed police were attempting to find and apprehend a home burglary suspect in the area. To assure the safety of our students and staff, we were directed to "Lock Down"........"

As a bonus, this notice was a "twofer"! Both kids' schools were in locked down for 5 hours. Now for them to locked down the school for a home burglar might be a bit overboard for some. But thinking of all the things that can and have happened over the years, I'm glad they erred on the side of caution. And having been personally involved in two botched robbery attempts at the bank, that had me being held hostage and gassed, I know how things can go very wrong in a heartbeat. So better safe then sorry.

The kids are OK. They were more focused on the excitement of the whole thing and for that I'm glad. But LORD!!! It's definitely something that will throw your evening into a whole different direction when you walk through the door and get handed something like that!!

This weekend is for family things and getting the presents to the out of town relatives wrapped and ready to ship. (Damn pillows!) I checked with UPS and I've got until the 21st! (It pays to have daily UPS pick-up @ work! LOL) So I hope everyone has a great "last weekend before the Holidays" and you get everything done and we can all just enjoy the week before Santa comes!

Have a good one!

As told by moi9:34 AM ...

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