Coincidence? Or just random acts

Coincidence? Or just random acts of home invasion?

Two posts ago I discussed my first night alone in the house, my obsession with the deadbolt and lighting up the house to ward off any potential robbers. Guess what happens that very night? Ding Ding! The house across the street was broken into. Owner wasn't home, house was dark, etc. I guess my "Move along now" tactic worked - unfortunately for my neighbor. Let's just say my paranoia has been ratcheted up a few notches, I've not been sleeping well and my electric bill should save So. Cal Edison from bankruptcy.

I'm not a gun owner, as apparently my neighbor thinks I should be. The conversation went something like this: "If you hadda gun - ya coulda shot the motherfucker!" and I replied (silently in my head) "If I had a gun, I would have sat in a chair behind the front door all night like some crazed speed freak hillbilly and you could bet your redneck ass that I am not risking life and limb to save your sorry excuse for a television!"

So I've fashioned a few unique weapons out of found items around the house. God help the criminal that steps foot on my property ... if they live to tell about it. "Can you show me the weapon you used Ma'am?" ... "Why yes officer, it's this cat brush duct taped to a flashlight"