I just had one of my scariest moments ever! We were watching TV around 10 pm when someone knocked on our door. It's late. This doesn't normally happen. It's a police officer telling us we have to leave right away. There is a mandatory evacuation order for our building and the buildings around us because there is a guy in the building right behind mine with explosives. WHAT??? So I'm scared to death imagining a big explosion and my place with everything I own in it burning to the ground. I'm quickly trying to get dressed and shove my cats into their carriers. Husband, cats and purse. That's all I could grab. Imagine this going on in just a few minutes time not knowing what is going to happen or how long we will need to be gone or if there will even be a place to come back to. Yah I was scared to death. We carry our meowing cats (my babies) to the car and pull out of the parking structure and under the yellow caution tape being held up by a police officer. They had to close off the alley behind my condo complex. I really want to move now. Even more than before. We drive around not knowing where to go. I want to stay close enough to watch and see or hear if anything happens. I'm trying to figure out if we should get a hotel room. The cats need food, water and kitty litter. Oh this was way too stressful for me. Luckily we were only sitting in the car at the nearby Burger King parking lot for about 30 minutes before we drove by and saw that they were taking the yellow tape down and we could return home. Whew!!! That was a close one. I start crying because I'm so relieved. But now I'm sitting safely in my living room realizing there is a guy living in the building right behind mine who has explosives! What the hell? I'm wondering when he will get out of jail and if he will do anything stupid when he returns home. This is scary. Very unsettling. I just want to leave this neighborhood. It's going downhill fast. For now I will just hope and pray that nothing else happens and that we are safe and my kitties are safe. That is all that really matters in life.
June 5, 2009
Scary shit!
I just had one of my scariest moments ever! We were watching TV around 10 pm when someone knocked on our door. It's late. This doesn't normally happen. It's a police officer telling us we have to leave right away. There is a mandatory evacuation order for our building and the buildings around us because there is a guy in the building right behind mine with explosives. WHAT??? So I'm scared to death imagining a big explosion and my place with everything I own in it burning to the ground. I'm quickly trying to get dressed and shove my cats into their carriers. Husband, cats and purse. That's all I could grab. Imagine this going on in just a few minutes time not knowing what is going to happen or how long we will need to be gone or if there will even be a place to come back to. Yah I was scared to death. We carry our meowing cats (my babies) to the car and pull out of the parking structure and under the yellow caution tape being held up by a police officer. They had to close off the alley behind my condo complex. I really want to move now. Even more than before. We drive around not knowing where to go. I want to stay close enough to watch and see or hear if anything happens. I'm trying to figure out if we should get a hotel room. The cats need food, water and kitty litter. Oh this was way too stressful for me. Luckily we were only sitting in the car at the nearby Burger King parking lot for about 30 minutes before we drove by and saw that they were taking the yellow tape down and we could return home. Whew!!! That was a close one. I start crying because I'm so relieved. But now I'm sitting safely in my living room realizing there is a guy living in the building right behind mine who has explosives! What the hell? I'm wondering when he will get out of jail and if he will do anything stupid when he returns home. This is scary. Very unsettling. I just want to leave this neighborhood. It's going downhill fast. For now I will just hope and pray that nothing else happens and that we are safe and my kitties are safe. That is all that really matters in life.
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