It is a small world. . . and has annoying little dogs in it.
The house next door to me has been empty for about 6 months as the owners remodeled it and put it up for sale. It was sold a few weeks ago and the new owners moved in over this last weekend. The last few days their little dog has been out in the yard and it starts barking the second they leave for work and doesn't stop until they come home.
I gave the dog a few days to get acclimated, but it is driving me nuts as I try to work with a non-stop yipping/barking dog all day long so today when they got home I went over, introduced myself and welcomed them to the neighborhood. I then let them know that their dog barks all day long while they are at work. They apologized, were unaware it was doing that, and said they would figure something out. As we talk I look at some of the pictures on the wall and recognized a few of the people in them. It turns out their son and daughter both went to high school with me. The daughter was in my grade and the son a year before. I haven't seen either of them since graduation.
My graduating class was about 125 kids in it. Over the years I have lived in several cities in a few different states and I end up moving to a small town and now live next to someone I knew as a kid. Small world.
Now let's just hope the dog stops barking.
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