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May 31, 2007
They found a match.
Many of you don't know that we've experienced one attack after another in the last month. May has been hard.
The first week after our return from Egypt was spent recouperating from jet lag. The next ten days I was very sick, probably with a bug I caught on the plane: cold turned sinus- and bronchial-infection. Then came two days of all-day team meetings for my office (which make me tired anyway). The very next day someone broke into our house.
Yup. That's right, someone broke in to our home.
And took 2 computers.
2 cameras.
1 pda.
1 digital mouse.
the bags that go with the computers and the cameras.
emptied a change jar.
and took another change jar, this one was foreign coins.
oh yeah. and in the cameras were our pictures of egypt.
so the next two weeks were packed with phone calls to the detective unit of the grpd, the insurance company, and searching through our old records-that-were-still-in-boxes-from-living-overseas to prove ownership of the stolen items.
and then, just when i was getting all those things in order, my dad called last tuesday morning at 7am with news that mom was in the hospital.
and wednesday he called again at 5:30 in the morning to say that mom was being rolled into surgery.
and the next 6 days were spent at her bedside.
saturday night it rained. beautiful sweet rain. sunday morning we noticed (after the rain had stopped) that there is a new addition to the door-ding arrangement on my little jetta's doors.
in the parking lot of charlevoix area hospital, someone had left in a hurry in the rain and COLLAPSED a rear door with their bumper.
and they didn't leave a note. and we didn't notice it because of the dark and rain and preoccupied state of our minds.
but there's a bright side to all of this, well, a few actually:
jet lag is over. my cold is over. my meetings are over. and
they found him. they found the kid that broke in and took our things. they didn't find our stuff, but they have found him and he has confessed to both the b&e and the theft. he's in juvenile detention right now. yup. a minor. his name is LaMonte Smith Walker.
and mom went home yesterday (hi mom!) after 10 days in the hospital.
your host for this episode : carrie; May 31, 2007 03:22 PM
Comments
Why, WHY do they always go for the spare change? SERIOUSLY.
(Can you tell this has happened to me too?)
Our prayers are with you for your recovery from the chaos...may you both rest easy real soon!
from the peanut gallery of : Mrs. Mikrut ; May 31, 2007 11:13 PM
Carrie and Dan,
I'm so sorry to hear about the breakin! That really gives you a sense of being violated not to mention the loss of all your stuff. On top of being up north for almost a week! Yikes! We have to talk soon... I'll give you a call when I get back home - I'm in CA now.
Love you!
Martha
from the peanut gallery of : Aunt Martha ; June 3, 2007 02:25 PM
Oh, Dan & Carrie - I had NO idea all of this has been going on with you! Not a clue. Sorry to hear about all of these difficulties and tests you've been put through. That must have been awful...having your new home broken into, and knowing that you were just getting things set up. I know when my camera was stolen, I was sad about it for a long time. I can't imagine how it felt having your house rifled through. If you need a hug or a break, a cup of coffee, etc. - CALL!
from the peanut gallery of : Stacy N ; June 12, 2007 11:15 PM