giving in to the madness

it all started very innocently. i was taking a walk monday evening through my local park when i realized there sure are alot of people in the park tonight and they all are talking on their cell phones and looking at the ground as they talk and walk. some of these people had paper in their hands. then it hit me the dash for cash. we have a local radio station that gives away money. the only catch is you have to listen to the clues and try to figure out where it is hidden. i thought how cool would it be if i just innocently during the course of my walk found the money. i'm not by nature a greedy person but who can resist the thought of free money just there for the taking. and we're not talking about a small amount of money. the prize is up to $4000. everyweek that someone doesn't find the money they add another $1000 to the pot. so all week long i've been watching people hunt for this money. everytime i drive or walk by at all hours of the night and day there are people combing this park for the money. everyone is convinced the money is hidden somewhere in the park by my house. so today at work all of our systems crash. so what do we do? we sit and talk about how no one has found this money and the lady that sits across from me has a print out of all 47 clues. so we spend the next 2 1/2 hours decipering clues and getting frustrated that we are getting paid good money to sit there and talk and they should just let us leave and go to the park and find the money. so my friend monique and i decide we might as well take some personal time and go try our luck at the park. so off we go to hunt for hidden treasure. needless to say after about 2 hours we decided we had wasted enough of our day hunting and called it quits. as i type there are a swarm of people at the park still looking. i'm really surprised no one has found it. i'm thinking it would be really funny if they have misinterpreted the clues and are looking in the wrong park. we did look in 2 other parks in the same general area that actually fit the clues better but alas we found no money. maybe tonight as i take my evening walk my eye will look in just the right spot and spy the prize or maybe i will get some good exercise out in the fresh air and pray that all the treasure hunters find the real prize.