Criminal Activity

We had some true criminal activity here in Richland yesterday. As Olin and I are driving home at 2pm after running errands, multiple police cars race from behind and force us (and a few other cars) to pull over. We are pulled over and stopped at the side of George Washington Way. I wonder what in the heck is going on when a small SUV, out of nowhere, tears across the lawn of Jefferson Park directly next to us, slams on its breaks and does a 180 and crashes into the little gazebo at Jefferson Park. A police car immediately pulled up directly next to it, followed by 5 or 6 other police cars. They got out of their police cars and the policemen pulled their guns (just like in the movies!). I was quite scared and my adrenaline was pumping...Olin was asleep, I was directly next to the action and stopped at a red light and I feared that they would start firing and we would get hit (no worst-case scenario thoughts whatsoever!). I contemplated running the red light and just getting out of there but I waited, managed to snap a photo (hehe), looked over and saw the suspect get out of his car, and then drove home. Fairly anti-climactic. Naturally, I pored over local news websites all afternoon to get the scoop and as it happens it was a 45 year old man who was wanted on multiple warrants for his arrest, had taken a stolen vehicle from Kennewick and led the policemen on a short but sweet wild goose chase. I keep thinking about the guy who was being chased and how different a life he leads...

I love school photos. No re-takes, no PhotoShop, no touching up. Olin is a full cone-head with a cheesy smile.

Have I mentioned how much I love my Public Health job? These are just two of the hilarious girls I work with - Mayra and Ashley. They crack me up all day long and don't even realize how funny they are. Today, the three of us walked across the street to the medical department to get our flu shots.

Myopic? Is that the right word? Olin gets about 1 inch from his paper and draws very hard ink into his paper.

We went on a Costco shopping spree this weekend. We got a small TV for our office, a wireless printer, and some very cozy fleece sheets. We also got a $1.50 polish dog and pizza to share among the kids. I can't believe the polish dogs (+ drink, mind you) are still $1.50.

Tomorrow: I attempt a day-in-the-life in photos. Thank you Dawn for the inspiration!