This photo was almost not possible today..
We had someone break into our house yesterday. I had left the garage door open the night before until about 9PM with my purse in the car and it unlocked. Someone helped themselves to about $80 from my purse, however, they didn't touch any of my credit cards, my checkbook, my TWO iPods sitting in the front seat. I didn't even realize anything had happened until yesterday morning when I took the girls to get their 'Twinkle Toes'. I went to pay for them and realized that someone had stolen all the money out of my purse.
I figured it was probably a neighbor kid. Since they didn't take anything else..
Well, when we got home, we realized that someone had broken in our house. They probably took the spare house key out of my car and waited for us to leave.. They had gathered up piles of things they were going to take, my golf clubs, our wii/wii fit, video games. I am not sure what deterred them.. Maybe we came home too soon, and they didn't get to finish? Maybe it was neighbor kids and they chickened out.. I DON'T KNOW..
But I counted it as a MIRACLE>
First, they only took the money out of my purse..
Second, thousands of dollars worth of Camera and Lens equipment was UNTOUCHED. OMG. Camera and Lens equipment that I am NOT in a position to be able to replace right now if stolen, equipment that I haven't insured again since my divorce.. I wanted to cry. From relief, from the violation of SOMEONE actually being in our house.. If it had been someone more seasoned in burglery, I may be singing a different tune today.
The break in REALLY freaked the girls out. Even though we didn't actually lose any of our things. The fact that someone was in our house, a 'bad person'; the images of the piles of things that they had gathered around our house.. It was scary. Brenna's room is downstairs and I know it will be quite awhile before she is ready to sleep down there alone again.. It made them feel better that the police came and dusted for fingerprints, it made them feel better that we had a locksmith change out all the locks in the house. I think too putting in a few extra measures of security will also help calm their nerves, and you can bet that my car will ALWAYS be locked and garage door closed.
Being a single mom in a new neighborhood, there are many of my neighbors that I haven't ventured out and met yet.. Mostly because there just are not enough hours in the day. The funny thing about cops coming to your house though, is it brings everyone else out of theirs. It was almost surreal. And it was an amazing 'after-effect' of everything. Neighbors came out, showed their support. One neighbor noticed a sprinkler that was broken and fixed it on the spot, another offered to help me with my weed garden I have been cultivating. My parents were also over there with me offering support, and it almost felt like a neighborhood block party.
Still, sleeping last night was a little hard at first, every creak the house made Brenna would anxiously exclaim, 'Did you hear that?'. Even in my bed she had a hard time sleeping.. But that will pass, We are all ok, nothing major was lost, and we've met us some new friends. All is good :)
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