I was just scared half to death

[alarimer]

On the verge of sleep I heard a noise that sounded like someone trying to break in. I am guess it was my neighbors coming home drunk or something but it really terrified me so I grabbed the phone and a baseball bat. I am not sure either would have helped. Now I guess I won't get to sleep for a while.

[u4ic]

1. Didn't you just have a break in recently?

I wouldn't blame you, I'd be scared too.


:hug:


Can you wedge a piece of wood in your windows, to keep them from being slid open?

[alarimer]

3. yes, when I wasn't here

I haven't known of anything to happen at night. But I am probably a little jumpy still.

[Suich]

2. That's happened to me before.

I heard voices in my backyard, called 911, sat on my bed and waited, heart thumping out of my chest. Cops showed up about 20 mins. later and didn't find anything; they were long gone, whoever it was. Very scary...I know what you're going through.

:hug:

[alarimer]

4. And my cat did absolutely nothing of course

Not much of an attack cat. In fact he runs and hides when anyone comes it. He was probably a witness to the break-in but he is not talking. LOL

[anti-everything]

8. If it was my house

one cat would have probably helped them, the other would have hidden under the bed. :rofl:

[dEMOK]

5. Got Vodka? nt

[SPKrazy]

6. Damn

after your burglary I bet you are a little jumpy

:hug:

if it is yer drunk neighbors they should quiet down. Man, that's rough though.

[noamnety]

7. I had a similar thing once.

It was in the morning when I was getting ready for work - could hear someone in the basement rummaging around. Scary as hell. And I was a single mom, didn't have any personal days for a full year because even though I was working as a civilian for the army, they made me use ALL my personal days for my 2 weeks reserve training, but that's a different rant. Anyway, had to get to work.

I had a wtf I cannot deal with this now moment, so I dragged all the furniture in the living room against the basement door, figured the burglar could wait there til I got home. Sucks to be a criminal in my house, cause sometimes I am too damn busy to deal with other people's shit on their timetable.

Drove to work and did my thing there. Drove home 10 hours later, called a neighbor, moved the couch and table and all that. I had no plan, probably should have called the cops to handle it, but I headed down cautiously to see what sort of asshole had been stuck in my house for the last 10 hours.

Turned out my hamster had escaped, went for a stroll to the basement, and decided to climb on a pile of empty boxes - knocking them all over in a huge noise fest. Gah!

[Suich]

9. Oh, my!

Thanks for the late night laugh!!!

:hi:

[alarimer]

10. Noises always seem more alarming to me at night

I keep things pretty dark normally but I am thinking maybe a night light tonight.

My cat will sometimes knock things over, also scaring me half to death but this time he was innocent.

[noamnety]

11. Cats are NEVER innocent.

Could have been someone else's cat.

I wouldn't worry too much, but if it makes you feel safer, I'd either put all the lights on as a deterrent or skip the nightlight, cause you know your own home better than anyone else - in the dark you have an advantage. The nightlight would just let them get around easier.

Wasn't there some movie where the potential victim kept using a camera to blind their attacker with the flash? That appeals to my macgyver side.