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Thursday, September 18, 2014
We've Been Robbed
We Were Robbed
This was some week.
It all started on Monday.
I left for physical therapy. Steve left an hour later. Feeling really hopeful and GREAT-decided to
stop and get the pets some needed food-all by myself.
Got home and I was just about to open the garage door and
did a double take: it was opened.
My first thought was, “LOL, Steve’s always asking me if I
closed the door and look who did it!”
I pulled in, closed the door and went to go let myself
in. The door was closed, but the lock
was NOT.
Now I wondered what would Steve was doing that made him
forget to do both? Then the light was on in the laundry room and the doors were
opened, cleaning products all over the ground!
Pepper and Lucky ran to me.
That wasn’t anything unusual. I put my stuff down on the washer and then
wondered why the hall lights were on?
Looked left-why were the office lights on? Looked straight ahead-(still not getting it)
linen closets were opened and towels on the floor.
Turned right, walked to the living area and LIGHTS FINALLY
WENT OFF IN MY HEAD!
Our big TV was gone!
I went to the office: TV gone, Steve’s laptop and tablet gone! Went to the storage room-everything was all
over the floor. Looked in the boys
room-oh good, TV still on the wall. Went
to our bedroom-ransacked!
TV, all of my jewelry, Steve’s watches and they stole the
safe that was bolted into the wall!
I FREAKED! Okay, that
was a pretty tame definition of how I reacted.
Called 911 on one phone, Steve on the other. Screamed, cried and shook. They went through our clothes!
You can only imagine the rest of the day!
Oh wait, you can’t-BECAUSE THERE’S MORE! Once I stopped hyperventilating I let Lucky
out-she went to a spot in the yard and stared and barked. Went over and OH GOOD, BECAUSE THE DAY HAD
BEEN SO DARN GREAT UP UNTIL THIS POINT-A RATTLESNAKE!
Our friends came over and he along with Alex killed the huge
thing-my girlfriend and I could hear the rattle from inside!
Police arrived.
Everyone left. We went straight
to the bank, the insurance company and started calling all the appropriate
agencies. The safe had our passports,
emergency cash, emergency credit cards and both of our birthstone custom
rings. I hate to say-they also got
anything nice we had jewelry-wise. Some
very, very sentimental pieces.
They didn’t want my 7 year old computer. But they took my Minolta camera and the 3
lenses that went with it.
Steve found the point of entry was the boys’ bedroom
window. Totaled not only the window but
the frame. They also damaged our new
dining room table and the front door.
Obviously the wall in the closet that they left holes in when they sawed
out the safe.
We were on the phones until 11 at night and took up the
calls at 7 a.m. the next day.
Needless to say-we didn’t sleep. Pepper held my head all night, Lucky couldn’t
get close enough to me.
And then I realized:
NO FREAKIN’ DANCING WITH THE STARS FOR ME!
This is all I have to say on this entire debacle.
