As if I didn't have enough to worry about....

As if I didn't have enough to worry about, I was told today by my landlord that there have been several break-ins in the neighborhood over the last couple of months. I don't have a lot of valuable stuff but I don't need what little stuff I do have to disappear.... Now, if they want to take some of my random stuff in storage boxes, that would be one thing, but I don't think they would stop at just that....

Hopefully, I won't have to worry about any of that and if they do choose to target my area, my little bundles of fur (the doggies) will scare them off. Even though my pups are small, they think they are big dogs and they have pretty loud barks if provoked. Plus, if mine start barking, there are three big dogs upstairs and I have a feeling they would start barking as well. I guess I will just have to start being even more careful....

It's sad that this is something that we have to face in the world today. I know that times are tough for almost everyone these days, but the fact that people steal from others is a shame. We all try to work as hard as we can for what we have and then there is the fear that someone could just come along and take it all away. In my opinion, that's just really sad.

Something that did make me feel better today was a long-distance phone hug. I'm not going to say who gave it to me (cough-cough, Dad, cough-cough), but it made me feel better. Even just the thought of a big bear hug from Dad, helped make me feel better. It's sad at times to think that I haven't seen my family (other than my one brother coming out to visit in July) in almost a year. Growing up, I thought that what I really wanted was to be on my own away from my family. Now, I'm realizing while I may not want to be exactly where they are (because it's very difficult to find a job there right now), I would like to be closer to them.

Maybe that's one of the things that makes being a grown-up so interesting.... Things that you thought were important aren't necessarily; and things that weren't so important before, can become important. Growing up is never easy, but it makes it easier when you have the love/support of your family. That is something I have realized being so far away from family, on my own. While I have friends, family is different; at least in my opinion. Maybe one day I will be closer to them.

Life is every growing and changing and I can either choose to go along with it or fight it... I don't want to fight it anymore.... I don't want to be a doormat, but I don't want to fight things I can't necessarily change on my own.