Happy Halloween...not so much!

Okay. I know that my next post was supposed to be over the kids and I going on our mini-trip to ABQ, but had to vent a bit.

Halloween is supposed to be the fun day. Kids dress up...and adults, too. The candy search ensues and all that jazz. Well, all of that did happen this past Halloween, but there was another form of trick or treating that went on as well...our house was robbed Halloween afternoon.

I got out of school early to head to the house, get out of my costume, and get the kids for us all to start the chaos. Of course, when I was in my bathroom struggling to get the Grecian rope untied from waist, I looked back in the mirror and saw that the trunk at the end of my bed looked ransacked. No one ever gets in the trunk since it is just full of old blankets and stuff packed away until the other house is done. So, thought that was odd and walked back into the room and immediately confirmed that stuff had been taken...My jewelry box was not on my nightstand.

It was when I noticed this I called the cops and Bjak, took a look around the house and became much more observant than I had been before going to my bathroom...when ya gotta go...ya gotta go.

For the most part the house only looked partially ransacked. But these folks knew what they were looking for. ALL the medications we had in the medi cabinet...gone. ALL the beer in the garage fridge...gone. ALL the harder booze in the pantry...gone. The change jar from our closet...gone. My jewelry box, which on that day had my stud earrings and MY WEDDING RING so that I would not snag my costume...gone. The little diamond stud earrings Bjak's grandma left for Riley...gone. Several peices of Brighton...gone. An attempt seemd to have been made to take the Wii off the TV, but guess they just could not get it done...so, the Wii...still here!!

Needless to say, there was a bit of trauma Friday afternoon. Still very upset and not yet comfy being in this house. Just gives me more reason to get out of this house and back to some form of civilization!!

Anyway, at this point, all I can do is let it go, talk to insurance folks, and go from pawn to pawn shop! Boy, does that ever sound fun? NOT!

The bright side is that no one was hurt, there was not a confrontation, and apparently they needed the "stuff" more than we did.

More on happier times with the next update!!