Be Neighborly.

So I have a confession to make....Jim and I have become white trash. Our Mazda, which as many of you know is NOT so easy on the eyes, has been parked on our curb now for a couple of months. Jim has taken pictures of it to sell it on Craig's List, and has given flyers to his brother Mike to pass out at work, but we haven't really been too proactive in getting that eyesore off of our property.

A few weeks ago, a friend of ours drove the car home one night, and when he returned it back to its place on the street the next morning, he heard our neighbors complaining, saying things like, "Oh look, it's back." Then Jim returned home from our trip to Utah to discover that his piece of crap Mazda (which he maintains only looks bad but drives perfectly fine) was no longer parked along the street where we left it. After some searching, he discovered it had been towed. And when he went to pick it up, he had to pay almost $400 to get the car back!!! What a joke! I guess any car that hasn't moved in 72 hours is subject to being towed. Well, who knew Jim had a vindictive streak because he brought that piece of tin back and parked it directly in front of the neighbors who he assumed had it towed. And he just keeps moving fthe car rom one curb in front of their house to the other, every 3 days.
Today I returned home from some errands, and I noticed a note on the windshield. I did a few double takes before hopping out to retrieve the note, because I'm so embarassed to be connected to this Mazda/neighbor scandal. Here is what the note said: "Be Neighborly. Please park your car in front of your own house!" (complete with underline and exclamation point!).
Okay, I admit, I wouldn't particularly like it if some trashy looking car was parked in front of my house, even if it was across the street. But wouldn't the "neighborly" thing to do instead of just having it towed, be to kindly ask us to move it into our driveway before just having it hauled off to the tune of 400 bucks?! I mean, seriously. In some ways that note only makes me want to leave it there for another month....for that price tag, let them feel some rage because I know Jim did when he had to go pick up and pay for the damn car!! Eye for an eye.....how mature. Oh well.... so here's to being neighborly!!