A knock on your door accompanied by two rings of the doorbell at 4 o'clock in the morning is never a good thing. Just so you know. Unless of course you have a friend who is due any minute and you are watching the kids when they head to the hospital. But I don't have said friend right now and FYI call first and I'll have pants on.
Anyway back to the very urgent knocking/ringing this morning. Darren and I hopped out of bed, scrabbled to get presentable and find glasses to be able to see and he opened the door to a police officer standing on our doorstep. Apparently last night in our neighborhood some cars were broken into and one of ours was in the driveway with the doors open and the dome light on. It seems as though they wasted their time with ours because nothing was taken as nothing was in there. Even all of the paperwork was left in the glove compartment. Whew! Dodged that bullet.
Then this morning I got to thinking about the garage door opener and wondered if they took it hoping to come back later. A quick call to Darren and a quick run out to the parking lot at work confirmed that it was in the car. I checked out the garage and everything is still there and just as messy as it was before bed last night. Darn, if they had taken a few items it would have saved me some of the time it will take to clean the garage this weekend.
And while I'm not an alarmist - I make it a policy to never worry out loud - here's a little reminder to lock your car doors and take your valuables inside. I'll never get both cars in the garage - nope not going to happen in my teeny tiny Gilbert, AZ garage. It was most likely a few kids looking for cash. Sadly I don't have much of that laying around. :p
