OK...I'm not tired anymore

10:45 pm...ready for bed tonight and the doorbell rings.  I'm all ready for bed just watching the final minutes of the evening news.  Then the doorbell.  The police are outside my home.  I open the door and Officer Johnson of the Campton Hills Police Department says that there is an alarm going off at hour house.  We were at home so it wasn't going off as we would have obviously been aware of this.  So I go out and walk with the officer.  Officer Johnson was professional, courteous and non-pretentious.  There's a slight drizzle and we're going through mud and muck and he's just trapsing through the stuff as if it's another walk in the park.  It's dark and dreary and I tell Officer Johnson that I hear something over there.  He flashes the flashlight and sees nothing.  After 10 minutes we get teh alarm shut off.  We make small talk and walk back to my house together.  He's heading back to work thereafter.  I walk my house.  We say goodnight.  I, however, don't really feel like sleeping just yet.  I'm kind of wired now wondering who was next door doing what.  Thanks Officer Johnson for your help even if I won't be able to sleep just yet.
 
Posted by Larry Bettag Illinois FHA Specialist on 04/10/2008 11:24 PM   Comments (10)   , ,  
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10 Comments on OK...I'm not tired anymore

Hi Larry.  I love it.  Very funny.  I enjoy the stream of thought.  I will subscribe.

Ke

04/10/2008 11:34 PM by Ken Tracy Naperville Illinois Real Estate (KELLER WILLIAMS REALTY)

 

If your like me you just as well not even try going to bed for another hour after something like that give you your second wind. 

04/10/2008 11:37 PM by Tim Gilmour (Exit Realty)

Hi Larry-Thanks for your kind words about a cop doing their job!  My husband is a 30 year veteran cop, and compliments are rare, especially on blogs.  Have to tell him to read this in the AM.  Goes to show, never know who is reading, impressed me. You can got to sleep now, knowing the Officer Johnsons are out there. Thanks!

04/10/2008 11:38 PM by Denise Shockey Cocoa Beach Brevard County Real Estate (RE/MAX Elite)

Larry - I was hoping that story would end with.... and now I am going to be listing his house. Sorry for the wakeup call:(

04/11/2008 08:52 PM by Ryan Martin - Bellingham Real Estate Agent (Windermere Real Estate / Whatcom Inc.)

Larry, the Officer Johnsons of this world don't get nearly enough acknowledgment.  Hope he sees your blog!

04/13/2008 08:39 AM by Patricia Kennedy (Evers & Company)

hey there stranger.  Hope you are doing well.   Glad to hear there was not a reason for the alarm.

 

04/20/2008 08:23 PM by Ginger Wilcox, Marin County Realtor (Pacific Union, Marin Real Estate)

Larry...funny things happen. It's good nothing serious, but can still make the heart speed up.

04/20/2008 10:00 PM by William Feela Whispering Pines Realty (Whispering Pines Realty)

Ken...thanks for the thoughts.
Tim...that was me EXACTLY.

Denise...O Johnson was the man of the moment wouldn't you say?

Patricia...I'll see if I can e-mail this to him...thanks.

Ginger.....where have you been....I'm so less active without my partner here.....

William...my pulse quickened, that's for sure.

 

04/21/2008 10:26 PM by Larry Bettag - Cherry Creek Mortgage

Larry:  Have you ever figured out what happened ?  I am so glad that Officer Johnson took his time with you.  Glad nothing happened... take care...

04/22/2008 01:25 AM by Fort Worth Real Estate - - - Karen Anne Stone (RE/MAX Trinity)

Karen Anne - It turned out that it was a crane with a key left in it that set off the alarm.

04/22/2008 08:02 AM by Larry Bettag - Cherry Creek Mortgage

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