"I thought they were going to arrest you!"

SO, YESTERDAY MORNING I WAS GOING TO CHURCH…THE KIDS AND I CAME OUTSIDE AND WERE GETTING IN THE CAR…I SAW A COP CAR SITTING DOWN THE STREET TALKING TO ANOTHER VEHICLE BUT THAT'S NOT THAT UNUSUAL IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD…AND THEN AS I WAS BUCKLING CAMERON IN, ANOTHER COP CAR TURNED DOWN THE STREET AT THE OTHER END…STILL NOT THAT UNUSUAL…I GET IN THE CAR AND START IT AS THAT COP CAR GOES PAST ME AND TURNS AROUND IN THE NEIGHBORS DRIVEWAY…I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND START TO BACK UP SO THAT I CAN GET AWAY FROM THE CURB…THE COP MOTIONS TO ME TO STOP SO I DO AND I ROLL DOWN MY WINDOW…HE POINTS AT MY HOUSE AND ASKS IF I LIVE THERE…I SAID YES SO HE POINTED DOWN THE STREET TO WHERE THE OTHER COP HAD GOTTEN OUT OF HIS CAR AND WAS WALKING WITH A WOMAN…HE ASKED IF I COULD WAIT A FEW MINUTES, THAT THE WOMAN WANTED TO TALK TO ME…AGAIN, I WASN'T TOO FREAKED OUT YET BECAUSE HONESTLY I FIGURED THEY JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF I'D SEEN ANYTHING BECAUSE I FIGURED ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WAS BEING ARRESTED OR INVESTIGATED OR SOMETHING (KEEP IN MIND THAT THE SHOOTING WHERE THE OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED THE ROTTWEILER ON FRIDAY WAS JUST 2 BLOCKS FROM BLAINE'S SCHOOL….ITS A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD)…HE THEN GOES ON TO SAY SHE WAS WITH DFS AND THERE HAD BEEN A HOTLINE CALL TO MY HOUSE…AT THIS POINT, I STARTED FREAKING OUT…THE OFFICER LOOKED A LITTLE CONFUSED…(HE WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE CAR AND COULD SEE BOTH OF MY CHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT)…HE JUST KEPT SAYING THAT THE WOMAN HAD ALL THE DETAILS THEY WERE JUST ASKED TO COME OUT WITH HER…I PULL BACK UP NEXT TO THE CURB AND PICK UP MY CELL PHONE AND CALL LANCE AND TELL HIM TO "GET OUTSIDE NOW" AND THEN HANG UP AND GET OUT OF THE CAR, TELLING THE KIDS TO STAY IN THE CAR…LANCE MET ME AT THE SIDEWALK AND THE OFFICER THAT I HAD BEEN TALKING TO ASKED ME HOW MANY KIDS I HAD…I TOLD HIM JUST THE TWO BOYS…THEN THE WOMAN FROM DFS GETS UP TO THE YARD FINALLY AND ASKS IF I'M MELISSA…DEEP BREATH…NO I'M NOT…DO YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER NAMED CADENCE?...ANOTHER DEEP BREATH…NO I DON'T…JUST THE BOYS (I WAS BEGINNING TO SEE WHY THE OFFICER LOOKED CONFUSED NOW)…APPARENTLY THERE HAD BEEN A HOTLINE CALL ON THIS LITTLE GIRL BUT THEY'D GIVEN THEM OUR ADDRESS…THEY APOLOGIZED AND TOLD ME THEY WERE SORRY THAT THEY HAD BOTHERED ME…I TOLD THEM THAT WAS OKAY, THEY'D ONLY SCARED ME TO DEATH (THEY COULD SEE MY HANDS SHAKING)…NOW, HERE IS WHERE I QUESTION THEIR JUDGEMENT, ALTHOUGH MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD ACTUALLY SEEN MY KIDS AND WE DIDN'T FIT THE DESCRIPTION…ALL THEY DID WAS ASK IF I WAS MELISSA AND I SAID NO…THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR ID OR ANYTHING…SO IF I REALLY HAD BEEN MELISSA, KNOWING THEY WERE RESPONDING TO A DFS HOTLINE CALL, WOULD I HAVE ADMITTED IT TO THEM??...SO LANCE HEADS BACK TO THE HOUSE AND I GET BACK IN THE CAR TO CONTINUE ON MY WAY TO CHURCH (BY THIS POINT, I WAS RUNNING REALLY LATE..I WAS ALREADY RUNNING LATE BECAUSE I'D BEEN BIDDING ON BABY CLOTHES ON EBAY)…I GET IN THE CAR, PUT ON MY SEATBELT AND HEAR FROM MY BACK SEAT "I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO ARREST YOU."…I TURN AROUND AND BLAINE HAS THIS OBNOXIOUS GRIN ON BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY FUNNY THAT MOMMY HAD TO TALK TO THE POLICE…AND KNOWING HOW HE IS, BY THE TIME THE DAY IS OVER, HIS VERSION OF THE STORY WILL PROBABLY HAVE ME IN HANDCUFFS…THE MORAL OF TODAY'S STORY…IF YOU'RE GOING TO HOTLINE SOMEONE FOR ABUSING THEIR CHILD, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE ADDRESS RIGHT!!!!!!!!! :-)
And then, to top it all off, the outfit that i was bidding on, which was an absolutely adorable 6 piece outfit with squirrels on it, sold for over $15, before shipping, and i just couldn't bring myself to spend that! i'm thinking my next purchase should be a poster sized photo of me to hang in the baby's room!