Champion Neighbor

You never know what kind of neighbors you are going to get when you move into a new house.  You always hope they will be nice but sometimes that’s not the way it works out.  We moved almost 9 years ago into our current house and met our next-door neighbor Susan. She was nice enough but I worried because she was best friends with the lady who lived in the house we were buying and was very sad to see her go.  We only had two kids at the time and probably seemed relatively normal. Susan has put up with a ton of chaos.  We broke her in good with a bunch of crazy family parties with loud people, splashing in the pool with hooting and hollering galore. We are the first in the family to have a swimming pool so we made the most of it with parties all the time!   She was always so very tolerant.  

She ended up being Bonnie’s preschool teacher the next year and was awesome.  Poor Susan also had to teach Bubba in K4 and has never forgotten the torment that he inflicted on her being an obnoxious Miami Fan.  Susan loves her Seminoles and made the mistake of betting against the Canes with Bubba. She had to wear one of Dan’s Miami shirts all day, while she taught and Bubba loved every minute of it. (She did put a disclaimer on the door about her outfit! LOL)  Susan didn’t learn her lesson and did it again!  The next time, she had to fly a Miami flag on her house!! She took a little break after that one but finally got her car washed after a Seminole win!   She watched as we added a new kid every two years in amazement probably wondering how many kids we could cram into our house.  Susan is also the one who helped all my kids get over their fear of dogs that I have worked so hard to instill in them :)  She lobbied hard for Dan to go back to the mountains to get KC.  I kind of think, she would have gone back if we didn’t because she was going on a trip to North Carolina!  She has saved that dog more times than she should.  She jumps on her bike and never gives up until KC is safe and sound, back at home!   She has babysat the kids AND the dog, fed the cat and every other thing that we have ever needed!  She is the best neighbor you could have asked for! She regularly has KC over to romp and play with Elle her new dog which helps KC be a much better pups!  She even brought Eddie back the other day, when he decided to go visit her without telling any of us!

Susan also is a secret National (and probably World) champion for Racquetball.  She wins all kinds of championships but never talks about herself.  A few years ago, I found out about a big win, and sent it in to the paper and they published it!  She was mortified.  I creeped on Facebook yesterday and saw that once again she won a National title.  This one is especially outstanding because last year, we watched her work to recover from a total knee replacement!!  She can’t be stopped and we are so very proud of her!!  She is still a bit bitter about Bubba winning those bets years ago and came over today to show off her new shirt!  Bubba wasn’t very amused but I thought it was great fun!  I know one thing for sure, Susan will never be bored living next door to the Wogs!!  We are free entertainment 24/7.  We really lucked out with Susan as our neighbor! Please don't move!!