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04 September 2009
Someone broke my rear windshield with a beer bottle last night. I am unhappy and shaky.
I had a paper bag full of used books in the back, so it's possible they were trying to get into that, but the police officer said that it was either drunk college kids or else the same person who tried to steal a car on the next block over.
I'm sure it's just because I've been drinking too much caffeine lately, but I've just been super-jumpy the last few days in a kind of "Need to keep checking to make sure the doors are locked, because it feels weirdly unsafe" manner, and this ... doesn't help.
Crap. I am sorry you had to go through this. How much is your deductible? I had to pay out of pocket for a smashed window because of a high deductible.
A couple of weeks ago about 6 cars in our parking lot had all 4 tires slashed. I found out tonight that they caught the guys, and the total number of slashed tires including in our lot was over 80!
Rescue Remedy is a good idea. Though I can't get to the natural food store until next week, since they're holding my car hostage until Tuesday, given the long holiday weekend. (OK, they aren't really holding it hostage; they actually just nicely agreed to keep it locked up for me over the weekend until they could get the part in.)
Thank you for the vicarious frustration-sharing, all.
aw that sucks. Stuff like that always feels like a violation too...I remember at time when I lived near the local jail, and oddly, it was really prone to break ins. I remember thinking, "Are there THAT many escape attempts?"
Hope you find some mellow peace Occhi. If it helps, I find listening to Willie Nelson helps me lately. Especially Red Headed Stranger. Maybe not for everyone, but boy, Can I Sleep in Your Arms Tonight is purty.
I'm sorry. It's terrible when you have something like this happen, when someone DOES this ("have happen" is too passive). Feeling shaky is natural but no fun at all. I had something happen today that's left me a bit shaky, too, so I feel you. Hugs, my galfriend.
Probably kids being assholes. Not sure why people think throwing their bottles at property/people is so amusing. I am always finding a broken beer bottle where someone threw it at the mailbox or at a big rock in my front yard and a few weeks ago some guys threw one at me when I was running.
That sucks, but I'm in agreement that it's probably stupid kids. Around here, we have a problem with drunk kids in trucks driving down the streets whacking mailboxes with baseball bats. Why these sorts of activities qualify as "fun", I cannot say. Don't they know they could be having unprotected sex or something?
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