My Single Mom Life

When I win the lotto, I'm going to buy a new house and I'm going to install a good security system.
Sebastian and I just went for a walk to 7eleven to get some snacks for all of us.
Mark wanted some beef jerky, Sebastian wanted some gummies, and I wanted some Ben & Jerry's Phish Food ice cream.
I love that stuff.

Anyway, when we were coming back home, I saw someone go in my yard, not the driveway, but in the side yard.
It always makes me nervous to see people in my yard, especially at night.
I don't know who they are, why they are in my yard, or what they are doing or planning to do.
We've had stuff stolen quite a few times, 2 gas cans, 3 bicycles, a brand new trash can (?), and a basketball while the teens were playing with it one day.
The guy just rode right into our driveway, and grabbed the basketball, and drove off.
The teens were stunned, they had been playing with it, Sebastian didn't catch it, so it started to roll toward the ditch, and that's when the guy pulled in and stole it.
They came running in the house to tell me but they didn't get a plate number for the red SUV the guy was driving.
All Mark could tell me was that it was a Dodge Ram SUV, so that's all I could tell the cops when I called.
Yes, I know, I called the cops over a stolen basketball, but the teens saw the back of his SUV, it had bicycles in it and other stuff, like the guy was just driving around stealing stuff from peoples yards.

People in my yard makes me nervous, what if they are looking to steal things, or if they are trying to steal things, or what if they are scoping the house, ya know?
Maybe they are casing the house to see if anyone is home to break in, or if they can break in the front or back, and what way is the easiest way to break in.
I have an alarm on my backdoor, but the windows don't have alarms on them, there's no alarm on the front door, and even though I can lock the house up really good, if someone wants to get in, they will find a way to get in.
Because of people like that, I want to get a home security system installed, something that will deter people from trying to break in like a sticker on the windows, or one of those signs that you put in your front yard, but also a system that would alert the police if someone was already in, plus an ear piercing siren that would make them stop dead in their tracks and run.
The alarm on my back door is ear piercing, but as I said, I only have that one alarm.
My mom sent me a window alarm but I don't know which window to put it on, front or back.

I would love to get a cctv system.
Cameras at the windows and doors, in the side yard especially, that's where I see people the most, and my side yard goes to the back yards and back doors of 4 of my neighbors.
If someone is in my back yard, they can easily see the houses of 4 of my neighbors and their back doors.
A home surveillance system with cameras would be very cool to have, plus it would be even cooler if I could hook the whole thing up to my computer so I could see everything the cameras are seeing on my computer monitor.
I know that's possible because I've seen that kind of system in a friend's house in Tampa when he had a party.
He showed us on his computer monitor all of the different camera views, so we were all standing there watching the other people who came to his party.
When he saw a guy peeing in his bushes, he turned on the mic that's hooked up to it, and said over the mic and speakers, "Stop peeing in the bushes!".
Jason turned around and was looking everywhere for who said it, but there was no one there.
He came in the house and was like "Hey man, I think your neighbors are watching us, someone just yelled at me for peeing in your bushes".
We all busted up laughing at him, he had no clue why wee were laughing, he was so confused. hahaha
I did have someone try to break in here once about 7 years ago, I could see them turning the knob on my back door, I could hear them whispering to each other, I knew they were out there so I very quickly turned on the lights and I pulled the alarm trigger myself.
That ear piercing siren went on and the lights were on, and I heard them yell to each other, "RUN!", and that was that, they ran.
That's when I was home and awake, what if someone tries to break in when I'm not home or asleep?
That scares me, to be asleep and have someone break in.
I would hate to wake up, be in that half awake groggy stage, and see someone standing in my room or the hallway, I'd probably pee myself.

Anyway, the person in my side yard tonight?
It's a kid who is staying with Dave, my neighbor directly behind me.
Dave is a really cool guy and neighbor, and he has a woman and her son staying with him for awhile, I think it's his sister and his nephew.
The kid was coming back from a friend's house on the street one over from us, and instead of going all of the way around, it's like 2 really long blocks, so he cut through my yard.
Now that I know who he is, I don't have a problem with him cutting through, but whenever I see someone going through my side yard, I will be looking to see who it is and what they are doing.
If it's him, no problem, but if it's a stranger casing my house or one of my neighbors houses, I will be watching through the blinds and have my phone in hand in case they do try to break in to my house or a neighbors house.

People who break in houses, people who break in cars, people who steal cars and things, are like the lowest.
They don't want to work for what they want, they just decide to take it from people who did work for it.
I really hate thieves.