So, last night, after missing almost all of the special ShadowApe event at the IMA because India Palace took forever to get us our food, my boyfriend Robert and I came home and found the back door standing open.

My first instinct: where is the cat? I was freaking out, afraid Nermil had gotten out and she didn't have her collar on with her tag. Robert, being from Memphis and therefore slightly more cautious, wouldn't let me in the house. Of course, as soon as he walked in I was behind him callin "kitty, kitty, kitty." Thankfully, since Nermil is rather fat and lazy, she hadn't wandered far from her food bowl. Not what you would call an attack kitty, like this one.

After locating Nermil I just kept saying "Why are there eggs all over the floor?" I had a bag of spring decorations from when my coven celebrated the spring equinox, and there were now plastic eggs all over the floor where the bag and been dumped out. Nermil thought they were toys.

So we cased the house and sure enough every cabinet door in the kitchen had been opened, drawers in my computer room were open and dumped out, a Winter Solstice present that had never been delivered was ripped open in my craft room-attic, but the worst was my bedroom, where my clothing was strewn on the floor.

So we called the police, and a cop was there super fast. He was really nice (and kept complimenting me on my house, which made me happy). He said that there had been a lot of breakins in the Irvington area, and after they set up a patrol task force there, the crime moved north, into my neighborhood, Emerson Heights. He said that the task force would shift into my area now.

So, what was weird was that all the robbers took were my bank and credit card statements ... and my banannas. Oh. And they ate a fortune cookie while they were here. Found the wrapper and forture: "You will have a bright future." They dumped out my change jar (where another cop took fingerprints), went through my jewelry boxes and could have picked up a handful of CDs or DVDs from the living room, but they just took the papers. Which was kind of lucky for me, because all I had to do was cancel all my accounts (which took a full half day at the bank to get done, but oh well). It could have been A LOT worse. And my cat, guinea pig, hamseter and fish tank were all fine, which was what I checked first.

The rest of the day was spent installing alarms and new locks. About 4:30 p.m. I crashed (I took a personal day) because I was just beat. Watched a couple episodes of "Buffy." I got season one as an early b-day present.

So, as I told my mom, I think I have now lived through everthing an adult who lives in the U.S. could ever have to endure, save a car jacking. And dude, with my car's gas milage, good luck getting very far.

Posted by lgauthier at March 29, 2006 08:07 PM