After a stressful late night I was eager to go to bed and sleep in [hopefully, it's always hopefully with a baby, even if they were up way past their bedtime].
Unfortunately I woke up at 7:15am to our security alarm going off - it was so scary and disorienting! I grabbed my phone and my robe and ran to Evette's room. On my way over to her room I noticed that the door to our garage was ajar. Now I was terrified. Evette was just sitting in her bed looking quite confused. I picked her up and wrapped her in a blanket and she just snuggled against me.
Right then my phone rang and the security people asked if everything was alright. I said that I had no idea, it was only me and my baby and I saw that our garage door was open but there was no way that I was going out to check by myself. She said that they would send the police over, but that if I was afraid I should call 911 as well.
Well, of course I was afraid! I was convinced that there was someone in my house who was going to kill me and steal my baby. So I called 911.
The lady was super nice. I explained the situation and she stayed on the line with me until the police came. It felt like forever, but it was only 2-3 minutes. During those 2-3 minutes I stayed with Evette in her room trying to stay sane. I didn't have my glasses or contacts so that was scary not being able to see clearly. My whole body was literally shaking. In my mind I was trying to figure out our escape plan or how I could kill the bad guy - seriously. I figured out how to break the windows and how to bust the guy's head in if necessary. I had it all figured out.
I heard a knock on the door and "POLICE!" - the lady on the phone said, "Alright, the police are at your house, it's safe to go answer the door." I went to answer the door and the lady on the phone said, "Have you made contact with the police?" "yes." and then on the officer's radio I heard the same lady say "Have you made contact with them?" and he said "yes." how cool is that? She was so great.
We then had 3 huge police guys with flashlights and guns search our entire house inside and out. They were really nice but pretty intimidating. There was nothing. There was no bad guy, no broken windows or anything. Dallas had been having some pretty crazy wind that day and it turns out that the wind was so hard that it blew open our door to the garage that I forgot to lock. Our house is pretty old and that door doesn't seal very well. You best believe I won't forget to lock that door again.
I was pretty stunned for the rest of the morning. Evette asked to go back to sleep [sweet baby] but there was no way that I would be able to go back to sleep. Luckily I had visiting teaching appointments that morning so I had to shower and get myself dressed and out of the house instead of just wallowing in my fear. It was just wind but it was still scary and I still felt a little violated.
Guess what - our security system works and the police are fast :)
the end.
Unfortunately I woke up at 7:15am to our security alarm going off - it was so scary and disorienting! I grabbed my phone and my robe and ran to Evette's room. On my way over to her room I noticed that the door to our garage was ajar. Now I was terrified. Evette was just sitting in her bed looking quite confused. I picked her up and wrapped her in a blanket and she just snuggled against me.
Right then my phone rang and the security people asked if everything was alright. I said that I had no idea, it was only me and my baby and I saw that our garage door was open but there was no way that I was going out to check by myself. She said that they would send the police over, but that if I was afraid I should call 911 as well.
Well, of course I was afraid! I was convinced that there was someone in my house who was going to kill me and steal my baby. So I called 911.
The lady was super nice. I explained the situation and she stayed on the line with me until the police came. It felt like forever, but it was only 2-3 minutes. During those 2-3 minutes I stayed with Evette in her room trying to stay sane. I didn't have my glasses or contacts so that was scary not being able to see clearly. My whole body was literally shaking. In my mind I was trying to figure out our escape plan or how I could kill the bad guy - seriously. I figured out how to break the windows and how to bust the guy's head in if necessary. I had it all figured out.
I heard a knock on the door and "POLICE!" - the lady on the phone said, "Alright, the police are at your house, it's safe to go answer the door." I went to answer the door and the lady on the phone said, "Have you made contact with the police?" "yes." and then on the officer's radio I heard the same lady say "Have you made contact with them?" and he said "yes." how cool is that? She was so great.
We then had 3 huge police guys with flashlights and guns search our entire house inside and out. They were really nice but pretty intimidating. There was nothing. There was no bad guy, no broken windows or anything. Dallas had been having some pretty crazy wind that day and it turns out that the wind was so hard that it blew open our door to the garage that I forgot to lock. Our house is pretty old and that door doesn't seal very well. You best believe I won't forget to lock that door again.
I was pretty stunned for the rest of the morning. Evette asked to go back to sleep [sweet baby] but there was no way that I would be able to go back to sleep. Luckily I had visiting teaching appointments that morning so I had to shower and get myself dressed and out of the house instead of just wallowing in my fear. It was just wind but it was still scary and I still felt a little violated.
Guess what - our security system works and the police are fast :)
the end.
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