Bamboozled

Yes fellow readers I have to admit that I have been bamboozled. So I wrote earlier this week that I have been dog sitting for a close friend. Now this past week has probably been one of the hardest weeks in my time in Anchorage. There was the whole weather issue, the dog running away three times and not letting me sleep at night, getting sick, and just all around crappy week. Thankfully it is all over now and I can enjoy my other house sitting gig which is much much easier. But last night I realized that I have been used. I pride myself on being pretty smart but I have finally met my match. Last night around midnight I go to pick up the dog owner and her friends from the airport. Thankfully I don't have to work today so it was ok that I had to stay up late. But I really thought that was nice of me, not only to agree to dog sit the day before they left but also stay up pretty late and pick them up so they don't have to pay for a taxi. Now I expect very little from this interaction. I'm not expecting to get paid because I'm ok with just doing it as a favor, I'm not expecting gifts, nothing big but I would like I don't maybe just a thank-you, maybe that's asking too much. So I pick them up from the airport, thirty minutes early even because I figure out a way to check their arrival, which I think is pretty cool because it's nice that I'm there even though they're early and a nice gesture I think. So they get in the car and we switch drivers so that they can drop me off at the house. And then...nothing. I ask them how their trip was and they talk and talk but thats it nothing in return. No how was your week? No how is the dog? No why thank-you for taking time out of your week to do this favor for us. Nope nada zilch. They drop me off at the house and I actually thank them for giving me a ride and they say you're welcome. Yep so I got bamboozled. Thankfully I found this quite funny. On my walk back to the house I also slip and face plant in the ice but all I can do is laugh. This was definitely a learning experience. I will probably never see these people again, and I am totally happy with that.