back it up

This is probably a blog that can be easily filed away under "why the heck did she think anyone else would want to know/think about that?" but...sometimes a thought just strikes me and I'm compelled to share. 

So since we don't have a fenced-in yard (and probably never will...we have a "fence fund," but let's face it...all the money there is better spent on infertility treatments), we have to walk Lola on a leash 3 times a day to go potty. It's not that bad (unless it's rainy or really cold), and as a result, I am super super familiar with my neighbors and their homes and yards. And since there's not much else to do when I'm walking, I have time to think. And to pass judgement.

For some reason, I have spent most of my life being under the impression that if you back your car into your driveway/garage...you're probably a criminal. You have something to hide. You don't want people to see your plates, and there must be a reason for that, right? It's because you're sketch. And because when you DO get busted, you want to make the quickest getaway possible. I get it.

So when I'm out walking, I can easily classify people. Car backed in= drug dealer. Car pulled in normally= not drug dealer. I can amend my judgements based on other evidence, of course...which I do, because since I walk so often, I learn other things about my neighbors, too. Always has the blinds pulled down, never comes out in the daytime? Definitely a drug dealer, possibly also growing pot in the basement. Only backs in once a week, otherwise usually does it the normal way? Well, maybe they just like to get their groceries as close to the door as possible. I'll give you a pass. You might not be a drug dealer.

Using my current classification system, about 50% of my immediate neighbors are drug dealers. This is a bummer, and I really hope none of them are also manufacturing meth, because having a meth-house in the neighborhood can be a real property-value-killer. However, this is also the reason I can get Matt to do all the after-dark dog-walking. There's no way I can do it with all these drug dealers running around, right? Right.

So do you pull in normally (non-drug-dealer) or do you back in? You can fess up. And if you do happen to prefer the back-up method and you're not a drug dealer (unlikely, I realize)...why?? Shed some light on this very perplexing matter.