Attempted Break-in!!

Some idiots tried to rob us!

We weren't home at the time, but our neighbours heard some suspicious noises. They looked out their window, and saw a couple of guys in our backyard. Then they heard a window break. They called the police immediately.

Another neighbour's teenage daughter was home alone, and heard about the police being called, so she called her older brother and told him about it, and asked him to come home.

He came, with his friend, his friend's large dog, and carried a screwdriver as a potential defensive weapon. They went over to our garden, and nothing seemed to be going on. They walked around again, and the police met them. The police arrested them as the suspects!

When we got home about 3 hours later, the father of the young man picked up by the police came over to our car to let us know what happened. I'm glad he did, because it was a bit upsetting to walk in even knowing what had happened.

No one actually came in, so of course nothing was stolen. But there was broken glass all over our back-door entry area, which is basically our kitchen/dining area. There was a huge stone in the kitchen, and a big dent in our fridge. The glass-setters had already been by, arranged by the police, and have put up temporary glass. But of course the temporary solution isn't weatherproof, and it is cold and drafty by the window now.

J went to the police station to file a report, even though we saw and know nothing. Filing a report with no information took him almost 45 minutes. He just shook his head that filling in paperwork takes so long, even when there is nothing to fill in!

So, we're shaken but not stirred. We're still walking carefully with shoes on, even though I am pretty sure I cleaned up every shard. I guess that careful feeling will last a while. I'm looking forward to moving back into an apartment when we get around to moving though!

Public Privacy

A friend mentioned today that they thought I share an awful lot on Facebook. This blog automatically posts there (which I hadn't entirely realized - technology seems to be gaining on me in recent years). And I am pretty open on my own anyways, without all the detail provided by blogging.

So I have given it some thought. I think Facebook is to keep social connections open, and I love it for that. I love having an idea of what my friends and family are up to, and seeing pictures of their lives. But now that I think about it, posting this blog on Facebook is a bit much.

I didn't see a conflict originally, because I only have friends and family on Facebook. But even so, I don't need to force-feed details of my convoluted inner-workings to anyone. Besides, all my FB friends know me well enough to already be sure that if it's important at the time, whatever it is that's on my mind will come up in conversation anyway. I am not one to keep much to myself... although I am working on that too!

And I think one thing that I struggle to make clearly distinct is that most of the stuff I talk about is more symbolic than actual. Yes, the situations are real, but what interests me is what they mean. For example, I got hurt, and I think it's because someone said or did something that hurt me. But that is just the beginning... what's really interesting is why!! Down every path a why might lead, I wish to walk at least a little ways.

But I won't be doing that on Facebook anymore.