Unexplored Territory

Friday, August 04, 2006

The answer to the $ 900 question

Because it generated so much interest, and so many questions, I thought I would answer the $ 900 question: we turned the money in to the police, waited 30 days, and called on the 30th day. The money had not been claimed, so we both went down to the station after work and picked that money up! I am sure we went out to eat with it, and then bought silly, frivolous things because that is what young marrieds do when they have $ 900 to spend. We had a ticket to ride, baby!

The reason I asked him to pull the money back out of the bank was more of a CYA move than anything. I had all these visions of the original money having been elicit drug money, and that the numbers had already been marked down by the Government. I had these visions of us, being at our respective places of work, and the Feds busting through the cubicles, looking for us.

But then, even after we had pulled the amount out, I had these visions of that money still being traced to us, because of course, the bank wasn't going to give us THAT exact money back. I just knew that we were in the middle of a Government sting operation, and it was out of our control.

But of course, I do not openly admit my paranoia to just anyone ... just the entire Internet community. Because in our small circle of friends and family, I was the altrustic one... the one who said "we REALLY should take the high road, just in case someone is really looking for that money."

Poor Ace was left holding the money bag, looking like the greedy one. And he wasn't.

But don't tell any of my friends.... we don't need their image of me, the Saint, turned into the image of me, the Conspiracy Theorist.

6 Comments:

Anonymous said...: That is funny, I would say that I would have done the same thing. I would be petrifide that someone would come looking for us!! Better to be safe than sorry :-); 9:32 AM
Mamacita Tina said...: Thank you for finishing the story, we all were wondering.; 5:11 PM
Suburban Turmoil said...: Awesome story! I would've had to turn the money in, out of guilt. But it would be tough!; 11:07 AM
K said...: Thanks for finishing the story!! I'm glad you were able to keep the money!!; 1:33 AM
Beck said...: I'm glad you finished the story - that was quite the cliffhanger!; 4:46 PM
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I'm a mom of three peeps ... Queen Bee, The Door Man, and the Chandelier Monkey, and wife to Ace, the Helpful Hardware Man. I created this space to get away from the people known as my inlaws, and because life with three kids and a hubby is all Unexplored Territory.

The nine-year-old who seems to be growing older every minute, has an opinion and a comment for everything, and has a true servant's heart.

The seven-year-old who loves the organization of things, will someday be someone's therapist because of his kind soul, and will more than likely be living with us until he is 40 years old.

The five-year-old with the 13-year-old attitude, who has a dictator's personality, asks you to watch her all the time and say "hold on" to keep your attention, and will someday come home on the back of some dude's motorcycle with 10 tatts and a body piercing or two.

The man of the house, the fixer of things, the winner of prizes, and the only person in his family to escape the South.