<p>D is extremely shy, but very well spoken (and pretty). I think being interviewed gave her a small feeling of power and control. We took cash to the bank branch here so she had instant access to the funds to replace the laptop while we wait on insurance. She said the MacBook Air is very nice.</p>
<p>Regarding master keys: I now feel apartment buildings with a locked front door and a lobby are important. When D heads to grad school (speech pathology) this fall, we will only look at these types of buildings. Having just one door between the outside world and your living room is no longer acceptable for me. </p>
<p>Today she and boyfriend went to see The Marriage of Figaro and then made dinner with another couple. She seems to be doing well, but I will keep an eye on things.</p>
<p>Last Thursday, I am rushing around trying to get ready to go into the city, phone rings, caller ID says S. He had called the day before so I was immediately wary. Very cheerful voice on other end of line; “Hi Mom! Don’t freak but I have a concussion. From Rugby practice. But hey the coach said nice tackle!” He’s fine, just a headache for a few days and one missed (excused) French test.</p>
<p>Having someone break into your dwelling while you’re there is EXTREMELY traumatizing (at least it was for me). We were all sleeping when a robber came into our room & lifted all our wallets. I had a hard time sleeping for several nights thereafter. After our home was burgled once when we were not even home, I had a hard time sleeping for several nights again.</p>
<p>Glad your D seems to be doing well. I have always enjoyed Figarro myself–nice & light! So far, S has not been impressed with the security in D’s apartment building–it is new & has a lobby & outside door plus her apartment door but S said he could easily defeat security without breaking a sweat. Sheesh! She will be moving to live where he lived last year, which is an older apartment building that I believe he thinks is more secure, cheaper & larger and comes with parking.</p>
<p>HImom, it happened to me as well. It was very early in the morning and I was home alone as my husband had left very early for class (I was around 22 years old.). I was still in bed when a man broke in and came into my bedroom. My phone had just rung – someone I didn’t know who said he felt compelled to pull off the road and call us from a payphone – and I think the intruder believed I was on the phone with the police. He was more scared than I was and ran.</p>
<p>S is a good brother (tho sometimes a bit grumpy). He is a very good steward of money and he was the one who transferred her funds from checking to savings to stop the thieves from draining her checking account after her wallet was stolen and they had at least one charge for burgers using her debit card.</p>
<p>I am glad that they do look out for one another. Isn’t that what we’ve always hoped for?</p>
<p>Yea, maybe the caller was trying to protect both you & the unknown intruder (frat brother?) In any case, glad there was no harm done (other than scaring the heck out of you).</p>
<p>Regarding the caller, I do think it was divine intervention. Specifically, what happened was this: at the time, my husband was a minister and he had preached a sermon the day before. The guy who called said he called to express how much it had meant to him and that he’d felt compelled to pull off the road and call and communicate that. While others may have called at times to communicate appreciation, no one in my entire life has ever said they pulled off a road to make a phone call from a pay phone unless it was time-sensitive or urgent for some reason. What I also left out of the story, because it’s a little embarrassing, is that it the weather was quite warm, we didn’t have air-conditioning, and I was in bed with no clothing on, which made me a more vulnerable target.</p>
<p>OK, I’ll go with divine intervention over drunk frat brother. Someone up there loves you & your hubby! You live right and am glad the higher being agrees! :)</p>
<p>Without going into details on what I know and what the police said based on recent crimes, etc., I can be almost certain there was no connection between the caller and the intruder; certainly not a frat-boy connection. We did not live near a college campus, even though we were students. We lived in a regular apartment and, according to the police, this type of break-in to steal was not uncommon.</p>
<p>Just got a text, evidently in SD there is a municipal ordinance that the police can give a ticket to any minor (considered under 21) they think may have consumed alcohol (they call it MIC minor consumption). So she was at a fraternity party last night and the police were at all the exits giving everyone that came out a ticket and somehow she and her three friends were able to get out without getting a ticket. She is 20 1/2 and they had walked to the party so I am not upset that she was drinking. However she says she may never go to a party again, which might not be such a bad thing.</p>
<p>Tx5–sounds like a great lifechanging experience to me! My kiddos tell me they don’t enjoy parties & drinking either, which makes me very happy. In our presence, they rarely drink, except for perhaps every once in a while (a few times/year) S will have a bottle of beer to be social. D says she mostly likes blended virgin drinks, like me. She’s annoyed that they are hard to get near her campus, even at nice restaurants unlike in HI where most places offer them.</p>
In our presence, they rarely drink, except for perhaps every once in a while (a few times/year) S will have a bottle of beer to be social. D says she mostly likes blended virgin drinks, like me.