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08-21-2007, 05:27 PM | #1 | |||
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Last night, in bed, after watching Frasier, I fell asleep.
Shortly after midnight, I was startled awake by something and my cats ran over top of me. They are rude cats - they never walk around - they just step wherever they please I digress... I listened and heard what I thought was rain on my big sliding glass door plate window. I thought, wow, the wind sure must be blowing because I've never heard the rain so hard. Its under cover and never gets hit that much. Hmmmm... I wondered, why aren't the curtains blowing (I always leave the sliding door open for my cats)....??? hmmmm.... I'm going to go and look. Barefoot (duh - you'll understand why later in this story that I'm not telling very well) I crept slowly up to the door, and moved the curtain aside.... OMG! The window is broken and it is crackling to pieces (but thankfully, not falling in which I later learned is because it is safety glass - THANK GOD!) ... and of course, all I can think is... it was a bullet... ok, but why is there no bullet hole through the curtain... A BIG HOLE was created by something! Now, earlier that afternoon I had decided to totally remodel my apartment - I do this often (damn ocd) and instead of finishing it in one day as I usually do, I decided to stretch the job over until the next day. I tell you this as I was absolutely mortified to think that people were going to have to be called to deal with this! I quickly put clothes on, threw a few blankets over my messes that were everywhere and called my friend John who lives on the 19th floor - mine is the 4th - cuz I know he likes to stay up late. He came down and that's when we discovered the ROCK! It is 1/2 pound - larger than a golf ball - smaller than a tennis ball. So, we called the building manager and reported it to the police. Sooooo... now I am cleaning up bits of glass everywhere... and am worried for my kitties paws... but I'll keep a good eye on things... massive cleaning!! So, apparently this is a random thing.... but a first for me... kinda scarey but what can you do... life just throws you curve balls... or rocks, as this case may be... Oh, and I didn't get cut... thankfully covered my feet once I realized there was glass everywhere. Temporary "new" glass is already in and permanent will be installed within a week ... oh, and the good news is - I don't pay for this - the building does whew! Here are some photos - you can enlarge them by clicking and they will open in a separate window. My bed is to the right of this window - how lucky was that! Check out the rock - that is exactly where it landed! |
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08-21-2007, 05:40 PM | #2 | ||
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oh my goodness addy! i'm so thankful you and the cats are ok.
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08-21-2007, 05:55 PM | #3 | |||
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Poor Addy. That's shocking.
How on earth did the rock get where it did? I'm glad you're alright. |
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08-21-2007, 09:02 PM | #4 | |||
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Thank goodness for safety glass!!
I was getting worried about an intruder when I read that you had your sliding glass door open a bit for your cats. Then I realized that you are not on the ground floor. I hope the temporary glass does the job and that it gets replaced with the real stuff soon.
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08-22-2007, 01:01 PM | #5 | |||
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The rock was likely thrown from somewhere on the street or sidewalk out front. Only the "thrower" will know why he/she did it.
Kinda surreal... and in the scheme of things, I'm very lucky. Today is another sunny day - Lara, I'm glad we sent our rain your way - I'm doing the happy dance for you! I have a busy day here at my computer and Chorus rehearsal tonight. Have a great day everyone! xo Addy |
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