So I was being a tad dramatic...

I originally titled the post about the break-in as "my life sucks & I'll tell ya why". At the time, that is what I felt...sucks to be me! However, Denise had some very nice comments that were encouraging & made me realize that she's right...my life really DOESN'T suck. So I've changed the name to "Invasion!". But here's the thang. At the time of that post, it was the day after, I hadn't gotten much sleep the night before, I had been up since Brad left for work crying because I was scared to be in my house. It was traumatic.

I AM trying to be positive about the whole thing. I'm a rational kinda girl. I know that everything can be replaced & thank GOD we weren't home & no one was hurt. However, it's a HASSLE! We've been through this song & dance before & it sucks! You find yourself staring at a spot because you KNOW something was there...what was it? Did you move it or did the asshats steal it?! I put fraud alerts on our social security #'s & I called the bank to put warnings on our accounts because I JUST DON'T know if they nabbed something I haven't figured out yet. Daniel-you KNOW I heart you, but dealing w/ insurance (& the police) is a HASSLE!

There's also the feeling of creepiness. People I don't know were in my house rooting through my crap. I know they were in EVERY room. I don't know what all they touched. It's very unsettling. Then there's the repairs...Brad had to fix the frame so the freakin' door could be locked.

Just when I'm trying to put mind over matter (please see "my new jewelry box" post) I find something else that pisses me off.

This morning when I tried to go out the sliding glass door to empty our rain gauge, I couldn't get the door to open. Brad installed another lock on it besides the one that came standard. I couldn't get it to open. I had to fiddle w/ the door & then was able to open it. Then I figured out why it wasn't opening.

The asshats had tried to pry THIS door open as well. That white thing kinda hangin' there is where the lock goes into & that's NOT suppose to be disconnected from the wall. So, if Brad hadn't put that extra lock on, they would've gotten through this door. Turns out, they just went to the side of the house & pryed their way in. It just goes to show if they want in BAD enough, their gonna find a way.

So the moral is, I'm TRYING, I swear I am. Also, I want all of you to know that the neighbors across the street have a security camera pointed @ their mailbox. The got video of an older grey minivan going past their drive around the time of the break-in & the trooper did go look at it. Another neighbor called yesterday to say on Channel 32 news, they said there were 4 break-in's in Floyd Co & Clark Co the same day as ours (which Daniel had also told me). There were 2 men. They were dirty & one had tattoos & they were around 6' tall. They broke into a ladies how while she was home. They were driving a grey.dodge.caravan. Coincidence? I think not! So if ANY of you hear any leads on them, please let me know.

BTW-our satellite receiver is out again & y'all KNOW how I heart my DVR. (the reason we think it's zapped is because they (the asshats) were jackin' w/ the video connector attached to it & when Brad plugged it back in, it must've gotten a surge or something...) I've lost EVERYTHING...again...

This is more than a gal can take in one lifetime! 1st - second break-in, 2nd - last line dancin' class, now - the dvr?! ;-)