Happy 2005 everyone!
Want to hear how I rang in my new year? It's interesting. My son will be 11 next month, so this is the first year he wanted to go do something with his friends. I've partied since I was 13 so staying home was not a loss. I gave him a ride to his destination and spent a quiet night at home, drinking wine, and cleaning the kitchen. I picked him up shortly after midnight, brought him home and we sat up for a bit while he told me about his night. I tucked him in bed and said goodnight, walked to my room, sat down at the computer, and thought, "life is good.."
Then I heard a crash and the sound of glass breaking.
I went back to his room and asked if he heard it, he had, he handed me the baseball bat next to his bed and pulled a hammer out of somewhere and stuck it under his pillow [he's a funny well prepared kid] I went through the house slowly and saw nothing out of the ordinary. I thought everything was o.k., but checked out my front window again, while peeking through the blinds, I saw a crack in my window, the crack lead to a big whole in the front of it. Terror and war mode sank in as I ran through the house turning off all my lights, preparing myself mentally to smash someone with the bat. I called 911 and the cops were here instantly. As they were here talking to me they got another call that it had happened again, right around the corner from our house, a few streets down though. Apparently it was vandals.
My front window is 6 ft wide, 5 ft tall, and about 90 years old. Glass cost 5 cents when this thing was built, I'm guessing it's going to be about 5,000 dollars to replace it here in the year 2005. Thank God, I had the good sense to get renters insurance. I think I'll only have to pay a decuctable of about 500. Which is not fun, but way better then 5000. Since it's the holiday weekened, it can't even start to get fixed until Monday.
As I was cutting cardboard and taping it to the window, I couldn't help but still count my blessings. Everybody's life can't always go well, bad things have to happen, and if this window is the worst of my troubles, then i am truly blessed. I prayed for the boy who did it and asked god to comfort him, because, if he's out doing things like that, he needs the lords love wayyyy more then I do at the moment.
So, that's how I started the new year. lol. But that's o.k., as I sit here in my warm house, with food and clothing, I'm still blessed. Just to have those things. I just have a hole in my window now, that's all... Haha..
Love to all my Cantr friends, wishing your year to be full of blessings,
Chrissy