Robbery @ MindSay

What a day yesterday!

 

Yesterday was meant to be an enjoyable day… We went to Lyon, H, Dad and I, to spend the morning and lunchtime there…

H. and I had a nice shopping time and walk (well… we did not buy much at all… but it was nice to walk in the warm weather)… We went to the mall, then walked to a music shop, stopped by the bank of the river to watch ducks swimming…

 

We were meeting Dad in front of the Lyon Opera at around 12… so we had time to get into the Opera to  see what shows were scheduled…

I could not resist buying two tickets to go and see A Midsummernight’s Dream in April (click here). I love Shakespeare’s play, it is great, the movie by Michael Hoffman is really interesting too (click here)… so I had to give in to the appeal of the fairy-world…

I can’t wait to be there, even though we could not really buy the more expensive seats, and that we will probably not be able to see the whole stage…

 

After that, Dad arrived and we went into a typical Bouchon Lyonnais (little Lyon restaurant) and had a nice meal.

 

After our meal, we came back home and that’s when the day transformed into a shitty day!

 

After a couple of minutes at home, we realized that we had been broken into… toll of the robbery:

$ 2000 - gone

my engagement ring – gone

my 20^th-birthday ring in white gold, sapphire and diamonds offered by dad and by late mum– gone

a necklace and golden earrings, keepsakes of my late grandmother – gone

a beautiful long jade pendant from New-Zealand – gone

an ancient fob watch that belonged to H and had been offered to him by my dad – gone

a whole and brand new bottle of expensive perfume that had been given to me by Suzanne - gone

 

… After a while, we saw a suspect car parking not too far from the house, in our neighbours’ driveway (, who were not waiting for anybody, by the way)…. They left as soon as they saw us… I’m almost sure that they were coming back for our equipment!!!

And I’m expecting them to come back again when they get the opportunity.

My dad had the quick and appropriate reaction to get into his car, catch up with them discreetly (they kept on behaving strangely, stopping by another house and checking it) and write down the number of their license plate, which we communicated to the police… I’m hoping those were indeed the thieves and that something will be done about it!

 

Another consequence… I did not sleep much… H did not either… and I could not work as I had planned… so now I have a lot of work to catch up with… It implies huge amounts of work to be done for the coming 3 weeks at least!!! I’m pissed!

 

Anyway… no more days like that ever again!

 

.This morning was going well... I got up in plenty of time to get to my internship at 9, showered, dressed... everything was going great until I went downstairs.

 

.The front door was wide open, rain pouring in.

 

.I immediately checked everything nearby that was of any value. Nothing had been touched. No wet footprints tracked into the house. Nothing seemed out of place at all. I checked the entire house--any hiding place I could think of--where someone could be hiding and found no one. But the door was wide open...

 

.It was difficult for me to admit to myself, but I must have forgotten to go back, close and lock up the bars and door when I got home from grocery shopping last night. Most likely, I left the door cracked and the wind blew it open later on. If this is the case, the door has been open since yesterday evening around 6 pm.

 

.This scares the hell out of me. If I can forget to lock up the door once, I can do it again. Next time, it won't just be the wind and rain that take a peak inside--it will be a thief or a murderer. Why am I so absent-minded?

Wow I am not even from NJ and I don't believe the police!!!!!  I would be demanding the Mayor to get the hell otu of office, the police commissioner to give up his job, and I would be demanding a higher reward then 50 thou for the information of who shot those kids!

 

Come on this was no random robbery like the police are hinting at!  These four, young, bright with their futures in front of them were killed!  Exuctuionest style!  Kneeling, facing the wall, and shot in the head!  This was no robbery!

 

Sounds like the police don't want to do their jobs out there in NJ! 

 

My prayers, thoughts, and many blessings go to all four families but especially to the three that loss their future generations!

Because of recent abductions in daylight hours,refresh yourself of these things to do in an emergency situation...  It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.

 

 1. The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!

 

2.Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you.... chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

 

3.If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives. 4.Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DON'T DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.

 

a.If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVEOFF, repeat: DO NOT DRIVEOFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and run. It is betterthan having them find your body in a remote location.

 

5.A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:

A.)Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat

B..)If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.

C..)Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)

 

6.ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. This is especially true at NIGHT!)

7.If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN, Preferably ! in a zig-zag pattern!

 

8.As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP. It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help" into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.

 

9.Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her "Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, "We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night. DO NOT open the door for a crying baby ---- This e-mail should probably be taken seriously because the Crying Baby theory was mentioned on America's Most Wanted this past Saturday when they profiled the serial killer in Louisiana.

It took many years for me to develop this habit, but I do lock my car whenever I'm away from it.  Blame it on the fact that I grew up in a small town, virtually free of crime.  People didn't even lock their homes, let alone their cars.

So leaving my car unlocked on Sunday night was a fluke.  Honestly.  I just forgot.  (Yes, there were odd circumstances that led me to forget, but they're beside the point, now.)

Naturally, I went to my car tonight and found it had been gone through.

The unwelcome guest got away with a case of books.  It figures that it was the far more expensive of the two books I have in my car.  Well, it wasn't a full case.  Maybe eight books, max.  Not a huge deal.

The box, though, also contained a bunch of bumperstickers and pins that I sometimes sell at fairs.  Again, irritating, but no big deal.

But they also got my pool cue.  And that bums me out.

No, it wasn't an expensive one, really.  But it was a birthday gift, from some years ago.  I can replace it, of course, but that's not the point.  Nothing I lost was irreplaceable.  I'm out a couple hundred bucks, of course, to replace it all.  That pisses me off.  But not as much as the simple fact that I was "hit" in the first place.



Poop.