Yay AC! Boo scary stupid thieves!

It certainly was an awful experience. We'd just arrived home in the evening {right before Christmas, thank goodness we hadn't done any shopping...} from a few days at Disneyland. {Funny, I had a moment driving along the freeway, looking out at beach by Camp Pendleton, 'We've been robbed'....}

Everyone was eager to be home and took off to their rooms. Dad and I of course took to the tasks of unloading, etc. When I went to my bedroom door, I found it locked. That was odd. I used a key and then I realized it was locked from the inside. I started to knock on the kid doors quietly, telling them to get the heck out of the house now. This alarmed them and the two boys did quickly but of course the teenage daughter was like 'What???' as I stood there with my back to my door feeling Psycho stabbings in my back. {I am dramatic, aren't I?} All the while I am calling the police...grabbed jackets and pooled the family outside. Luckily they weren't locked inside still but that was so scary!!

And, forever we were freaked about leaving the house and anyone being home alone. We figured they would come back....thank goodness they didn't.

Snowflake and MW, I know the feeling well. my wife and I were burlarized on xmas eve one year. they took every present under the tree but one. mostly I think they left that one because we came home. I still think I know who it was, but knowing and proving are sadly different things.

yeah, its very violating and hard to get over initially. however many lessons were learned from that instance. one is that xmas is more than presents. I still view that xmas as one of the more spiritual and unforgetable ones we ever shared. another is that 'things' are just 'things'. everyone was safe and alive and unhurt, so overall...no permanent harm done. not to mention that someone would be hard pressed to get into my place undetected anymore.

this too shall pass my friend.

Yay! This is good news! :snap: :cheers:

we were far more worried about the two cats we couldnt find when we walked in. searched high n low. wifey was heartbroken and inconsoleable (sp?). a couple hours later, one popped their head out of the closet (which we'd searched). peek in, the other is in there too, sound asleep.

not sure I can call it a 'positive' outlook. Im now one of the more suspicious, overly security conscious people youre ever likely to meet because of it.

Eh, the only thing I've been robbed of is my dignity...

So I stopped at 7-11 and bought a couple of lotto tickets for Saturday and I also bought a slurpee and now have a brain freeze.

MW, Ally and Capt Jack, I think you all dealt with the respective burglaries with as much aplomb as can be mustered. I hope I don't have that kind of experience, a break in at home, that is really scary. As much as I call Tango my Little Watch Cat, I know she'd not pull out a sword like Puss N Boots to protect me, she's run and be a lump under my quilt!

As Morigoon said, Boo on scary thieves! :(