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Devious

While we were in the Louisville area, we stopped by the storage shed. It takes a code to open the automatic gate to get in where the sheds are, and you have to put the code in again to get out, so they can track every visitor. It’s a secure area. That makes sense. The system almost always works, but when it doesn’t, you have to get their attention in the office to override the system and let you in (or out). We were inside the office having a visit, and looking through the window into the shed yard, noticed someone in their car, stuck at the keypad entering their codes over and over in an attempt to get out. We pointed this out to the attendant we were talking with and she said: “I know. They’ll give up and come inside soon. If you’re late paying your shed rent, your access code still lets you in, but it is disabled for your exit.” How devious is that? You can get in, but you can’t get back out. You have to come inside and face the music. How good is that?!!! Sometimes, as an auditor, I have to be resourceful. Sometimes, I ask questions about one thing that are really designed to gather information about something else. But nothing like this. This is masterful. This is truly devious.
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Durango

We need a new bird. Still don’t have a new one since August. Four in July, one in August, none since. Late in the year we’re going to Arizona. We’ll get the Gilded Flicker when we’re in Tucson in December. Don’t have that one yet. “Don’t have that one yet.” I say that rather casually, and can be misunderstood. I was having a conversation with a caretaker at a wildlife preserve a couple weeks ago, trying to get a lead on some rosy finches, when I realized my requests were being met with a cold stare. I stopped explaining long enough to let her vent about how that would be illegal if I went out and “got” any rosy finches. We weren’t allowed to do that. Good thing I did not casually refer to an interest in shooting a picture of one. Relocated from Navajo Lake to Durango. A forty mile day. A walk on the Animas River path. A Bronco game. Tomorrow, back to work. Good grandbaby news. Matt and Kari. Expecting in April.