Uh oh...the stealing the laddering thing didn't go so well. Lindsay and I took the ladder from Aunt Lu's last night. Lindsay has a friend who's a painter so we gave it to him. Today Lindsay took off from work so we went out to lunch and decided we'd swing by Aunt Lu's to see if she wanted to join us. When we got there we saw a police car out front so of course we freaked out!

We ran inside and Aunt Lu told us she was robbed (she's missing her ladder). And this is the kicker, the cop was my dear old friend, Dudley Do Right - the same cop who pulled me over and then sued me for giving CPR to his uncle (okay, so his uncle sued me, not him, but anyway...). So he's taking a report and Aunt Lu is going on and on and Lindsay gets all nervous and guilty and admits to the cop that we took the ladder! I was ready to kill her. Aunt Lu was ready to kill us. I tried to explain why we did it but Aunt Lu didn't seem to care.

So the cop then decides that it's a family matter and he'll let us work it out. Aunt Lu and Lindsay are apologizing profusely and I'm annoyed all around because now I have to give the ladder back to Aunt Lu. So he leaved and I decide to go out to my car for something (I just didn't want to deal with Aunt Lu).

As I'm walking out Dudley Do Right turns to me and says, "I'm Jack, by the way." Then he said that on the record I shouldn't steal, but off the record he would have done the same thing. I must have smiled then because he said, "You have a pretty smile. You should do it more often." Then he left. So maybe Officer Jack isn't so bad after all.

Lindsay and I are going to Aunt Lu's and stealing that damn ladder. I went over to her house last night and there were Halloween decorations hung everywhere. I asked her about it and she said she did it all by herself. There's no way she didn't use that ladder. I don't understand why she is being so obstinate about this!

One of my ballroom students is a guidance counselor and she asked me if I would speak to some of her students about what it's like to be the child of an alcoholic. I only speak for 10 minutes, but it's been tough figuring out what I want to say. It's not that I can't think of what to say, it's that there is so much I could say. I'm having a hard time narrowing it down. I give the talk next week so I have some time, but I really want to do a good job. I want these kids to walk away with two things: if you're an alcoholic, you are possibly hurting the people who care about you; and if you're the child of an alcoholic, you can overcome their problems. I just hope I can get that across in a convincing way.

I know, I've been so bad at updating this blog. I've been so busy that I feel I hardly have time to breathe! I spent most of last week trying to get myself settled into the apartment. I can't tell you how convenient it is to live above the dance studio. I roll out of bed, into the shower and down the stairs to work. Amazing!

I had my court date for saving a guy's life last week. As my lawyer said it was thrown out because we were covered by the Good Samaritan Law. I'm just annoyed that it happened. But you'll never believe who was there - the cop that pulled me over! He is the guy's nephew! Figures. Both of them are jerks...although, Dudley Do Right tried to stop me on my way out and claimed that he tried to talk his uncle out of the whole thing. He said, "I'm not a bad guy." Whatever. Why should I care? It's not like I plan on seeing him again!

Josh and I had a little time to talk. We both acknowledged that we're disappointed with how things ended this summer. He said he's not angry anymore but he said we should just be friends. I admit that it stung to hear him say that, but I think he's right. Things just got too messed up between us. I'll probably always love him, but we're in different places. I'm okay with it. Really. :)

Lindsay and I are getting frustrated with Aunt Lu. She keeps climbing up her ladder and doing things like cleaning out the gutters and cutting back tree branches. I'm really worried about her hurting herself. She just doesn't listen and insists that she can do these things. I'm just concerned because she broke her hip once already and I don't want anything to happen to her.