Not about alcohol finally!

I am in the mood to write yet I have deleted my first sentence over a dozen times. I am a mental mess at the moment but not in a terrible way. Just a lot going on in this head of mine.

First off, there were two robberies yesterday in our neighborhood. This is VERY unusual. There hasn’t been a random robbery around here in years the police said, yet there were two in a few hours. They can’t relate them but are assuming they are related because they were similar. The first was less than a half of block from me. There was nobody home, they took ANYTHING and EVERYTHING and made a mess of the place. They broke in through a back door I believe. The second was in progress when someone saw “something” and called the police. Two or three (heard different stories) black men in their twenties ran from the home and evaded police by hiding in back yards or entering a waiting vehicle at an unknown location. The cops did chase the men for several minutes before losing them. There were well over a hundred officers, multiple police dogs and a helicopter or two circling the area for hours. They did not find the guys. They are not believed to be armed but it’s truly not known at this time. The men seem to have chosen to empty homes at random. No link between families, homes etc has been found other than they were both on corners of busy streets, broken into within an hour of each other and both through back doors. Both were made a mess of, with a lot of damage. The one house had much stolen while the other was obviously interrupted and only lost small items such as jewelry. The entire town is scared, nervous and worried. All the parents are making sure we are extremely careful at the bus stops and walking places. We assume they are only looking to enter homes and not hurt people so it’s more about locking doors and windows and not leaving laptops and such where they can be seen. Our house typically has somebody home or a vehicle here. I am not really worried about our house. It’s just scary to know somebody may be watching our routine to see when our home is empty.

I have been talking non-stop to Dan through texts. He is fun. He seems really sweet and down to Earth. Mike is more loud and in your face but I think he is sweet too. We talk some through texts but Dan is much more conversational. Both are good new friends to have.

James and I exchanged a few texts but nothing more Sunday night into Monday morning. I’m not worrying about that.

My friend Brian had a baby boy last week. He is in love. I’m really excited for him but I haven’t spoken to him about details. He is not with the mother, nor did he plan to be prior to the baby. I am not sure if anything has changed. Either way, he loves his baby and is ecstatic to have him.

My friend’s Rob and Tracie are awaiting the arrival of baby 4. She is to be induced two days before thanksgiving. They keep changing his name but otherwise everything is going well. She typically has large babies so they plan to induce to prevent issues. Her first was over 8lbs and her last just under 10lbs. None were late, all were two weeks early. This guy seems to be just as big the doctors said so they are planning on helping him enter the world at 39 weeks if he isn’t here already.

I am not going home this weekend. I am going to stay in the area and work on applications for college. I have statements and essays to write. I have a resume to fix and references materials to prepare. I am also going to baby-sit Arthur on Saturday evening for a bit. I am excited to see him and his parents. He was my favorite from my K-1-2 class and his father is my doctor. I just love them and am excited to see him. I am very happy he lives in the city now.

Amanda is hopefully coming to visit me the following weekend. I am extremely excited to see her and hope it works out. We really miss spending time together and this will be a record for us! We saw each other in January, July and November??! That never happens! Plus it will be here birthday weekend which makes it special all in itself!