Lost and Found

On the last day of hockey it was a bit of a whirlwind, with all these kids showing up out of nowhere and wanting to play. The locker room was a bit of a nuthouse, which is nothing new. After we’d left and were unpacking our stuff, we noticed that A had somehow picked up someone else’s glove. Not they needed it any time soon, but we figured we should leave it back at the rink and maybe they’d come by to pick it up. I highly doubt it, but you never know.

The only problem is that the rink is closed for business, and they got rid of the ice. With it being closed, was anyone really going to retrieve their glove? That’s not the point, really, so we resolved to at least try. On our way home from breakfast the other day, we stopped by, and as luck would have it, the door was open. We dropped off the glove at the lost and found, and while we were there, we saw a bird that was trapped inside the lobby. It must have flown in and couldn’t figure out how to exit. The big lobby window confused him.

He was a tiny finch, I believe, and we went into rescue mode. It wasn’t easy to catch the guy, he was frantic and no doubt terrified. Also, we didn’t want to hurt him by grabbing him too hard. After several tries, we finally nabbed him and released him into the wild. Our good deed for the day, and I’m glad we didn’t give up.

Until the next time, thanks for reading, and thanks to Derek Pettersson for the pic.