a pretty Canadian break-in

[the_siobhan]

OK, cops just left.

There isn't much of a story. I was sitting in the office doing the Good Work and listening to loud cranky music. Leechwoman to be exact.

I hear rustling with one corner of my brain. Not unusual with all the tarps hanging all over this place, but then something clicks, Hey, all our windows are closed. What's blowing those tarps around?

So I go to the top of the basement stairs. I can see the interior coldroom door. It's wide open. I know I left it closed.

I get that cold still feeling in my core that always marks an adrenaline rush. I walk downstairs and start looking around.

Bedroom window is wide open. The screen has been pried off. Drawers are open and some things have very obviously been tossed around. There is plaster dust all over the bed from where they climbed across the sill.

I. Walk. Very. Slowly. Into the bathroom and storage room. I am wishing I still had my lead-filled baseball bat. I miss my lead-filled baseball bat. If I'm a good girl and ask Santa, you think he'd bring me another lead-filled baseball bat?

There's nobody here. I go outside, sit on the porch and call the cops.

"Is there a chance he's still there?"

"Um... maybe?"

I call Axel and tell him what's going on. After a couple of minutes, I finally say fuck it, grab a tire iron and go upstairs to the construction zone. Nothing. I'm just coming back down when the cops show up. They look around, make a few notes, and leave.

The really fucking creepy part? I just got off a series of midnight shifts and I was asleep in that room an hour earlier. If I was working tonight, I'd still be in bed.

Now I'm thinking of putting bars on that window.

Comments

[the-fury.livejournal.com]

Now I'm thinking of putting bars on that window.

Let me know if you need any help with that. I used to sell and install the things.

[northbard.livejournal.com]

I'm telling you it was pigeons.

Ok..junky pigeons.

If you decide to get bars, get custom iron-work done instead. It'll cost more, but you can have it made into vines and shit so it'll look decorative AND add security.

[markeris.livejournal.com]

fucking hell.








You heard rustling over Leechwoman?

believe it or not

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I have really acute hearing. Weird for somebody who has spent as much time as me at eardrum-shattering concerts, but I do.

And you know what else? Sense of smell. I knew there had been somebody downstairs as soon as I got halfway down because I could smell them.

Re: believe it or not

[markeris.livejournal.com]

If they ever form a groovy punk branch of the police, you`re *SO* senior detective.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Axel's first response was, "Could it have been raccoons?"

Only if raccoons developed an interest in riffling through my sex-toys drawer and nicking all the condoms.

[http://users.livejournal.com/belladonna_/]

Raccoons are kinky little bastards. You can never tell.

Glad you're okay!

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Cool. I plan on using you shamelessly.

[northbard.livejournal.com]

see!! Junky pigeons. They planned on fending the quality strap-ons etc..or..um..whatever you might keep in a place like that. :)

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Me too. I haven't been in a fight in 15 years. I'd probably throw my back out. :-p

[lisiblac.livejournal.com]

Eek! I'm glad you're okay.

[aidan-skinner.livejournal.com]

Broken glass on the outside windowsill was a firm favourite at some of the posher houses round my way.

Maybe grow something spikey in a window box that's screwed to the sill?

- Aidan

[aidan-skinner.livejournal.com]

Also, holy fuck etc. Getting broken into can be seriously disconcrting...

- Aidan (who should perhspa have made dinner before beer, sorry for the double post)

[panic-girl.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you're okay.

[individuation.livejournal.com]

That's really scary. Is your neighborhood usually dangerous? It didn't seem to be when we were visiting. I'm just glad that you didn't have a confrontation.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Not at all. It is a fairly poor neighbourhood, however.

Our bedroom window isn't very big, so now I'm wondering if it might just have been kids.

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're okay and that things weren't worse.

Gessi

[melanie.livejournal.com]

yikes!

um, yeah. is there a way you could arrange to not be there alone for a while?

[individuation.livejournal.com]

At least they're practicing safe sex.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Well, the Axe will be home shortly.

The thing that worries me is that we're taking off on holiday tomorrow for a week, and I'm afraid they might come back.

We have a friend with a key who is going to stop by every couple of days to pick up our mail, I might ask him to look around and make sure there are no signs of entry while he's at it.

[medakse.livejournal.com]

someone stole your condoms???

[kudzu.livejournal.com]

That is so scary. You need to buy a gun.

[montieth.livejournal.com]

First, I'm bloody glad you're alright and everything is relatively ok, all things considered. ie, "No bloody Siobhan" and not so bad "No bloody fisted Siobhan."

Second....2 Words...."12 Gauge". Accept no substitutes. I think you can still get them in Canada right? Nothing says get the hell out of my house than a 12 gauge being racked and chambered. When you absolutely, positively want the goblins out of your house.

errr...

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

You free tomorrow morning?

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

A gas furnace full of shotgun shells doesn't strike me as the best solution in a situation like this.