Drama in the 'burbs

Just a reminder that crime knows no boundaries. We moved from "the hood" to the burbs... and crime nonetheless has found our doorstep. We woke up this morning around 6 am to a panicked neighbor ringing our doorbell multiple times. I was more annoyed than anything else, but V knew right away that it wasn't good news. I'm not sure if I can really say that our car was broken into since nothing was broken nor stolen, but the insides were certainly ransacked in an attempt to find something. To make sure that a slam didn't wake anyone up during the (attempted) burglary, the car doors were left wide open on each side, leaving our Civic looking like it was about to take off for flight. At least 3 other neighbors woke up to the same thing.

Feeling violated stinks to high heaven. But we definitely dodged the bullet on this one. Of all nights, we also left the garage door up overnight, with plenty of goodies to choose from in there. We had nothing of value in the cabin of the car... but I did have over $3000 in camera equipment in the trunk, as well as Justin's birthday gifts, and a very large box of baby wipes. My second camera, which would have been another $3K grab, was just 2 feet from the garage door. As luck would have it, the thieves neither entered the garage nor popped the trunk. And so, I thankfully only have to imagine how disastrous the ending could have been. All of our baby wipes gone. That would've been devastating. [rimshot]



Thank you, God, because there certainly could have had a different outcome. But instead it was just a reminder to be more vigilant, as well as appreciative of His mercy. That was close. But luckily this ain't horseshoes.

I hope they catch 'em.