Weird Stuff

When there are teenagers in the vicinity, there are bound to be weird things that show up in your yard. You remember this from when you were a kid. The world-famous toilet paper trees, the eggs, the shaving cream or whipped cream graffiti - yep, we've had it all. For the most part it doesn't bother me. I tell Alex to go clean it up and threaten his friends that I will call their parents and the cops if it happens again. This keeps the damage down. Last week I awoke to two trees in the front yard decorated with Charmin. I had to laugh. I knew it was a girl who did it because there were only like four sheets of TP in each tree. Sure enough it was Christina the Criminal, as I now call her. This morning though was odd. There was an old tire and a new basketball in the middle of the driveway. The basketball I'll give to my nephews. The old tire is problematic because I have to pay to get rid of it. I told Alex to tell his friends they had until noon to cart it off or I'm calling the cops. This time I mean it. Really. I’m serious.