Happy Friday all, and the end of the longest month ever. I always feel bad wishing time away, but I do struggle with the darkness of January.
We are actually out tonight! I haven’t been out properly since getting pregnant and sober. Luckily I am very confident I won’t drink. I suspect there will be a few overdoing it tonight, particularly as Dry January comes to an end. I suspect we won’t stay late.
My current plan for my birthday is to drive my father to the urologist and wait there for a few hours.
Sorry for the disappointment.
Happy Friday gang.
Work, gym and jamming is on my list today.
But there’s something I need to do that I am not looking forward to, some serious adulting.
There’s a group of boys (13-15 yrs old) that has been kicking doors of homes late at night in our neighborhood. They’ve targeted my house, repeatedly over the last 2 years. I set up a video camera and got them kicking my front door last night at 10:30 PM while we were in bed. Sounded like someone was breaking in, terrified my 5 year old. Then they came back a few minutes later and kicked the garage door, this time damaging it; also on video.
I know who 2 of the boys are and where they live. Other folks in the neighborhood have been terrorized by these boys for years too. So I called the police who said all I can do is talk to the parents.
So… that is what I am gonna do. I am going to show them the videos which clearly shows their kid, then I’m going to show the damaged door. Then give them 3 options: cover the cost of a new door which costs $1,200, or have their kids work off the $1,200 debt by pulling weeds at my house and anyother house that they terrorized, or try their luck in small claims court.
I haaaate confrontation so this is out of character and very uncomfortable, but if I don’t, these kids will only escalate their behavior. Ugh
Omg …these boys are awful. Crazy that they have been doing this for 2 years!! I’m sorry - I know I would have been terrified being awakened to that.
Good luck with talking to the parents. Hopefully they are receptive and will take you up on your first two options. Sucks that law enforcement can’t do something with property damage.
Sending strength and luck your way 
No disappointment. Hope you enjoy the days surrounding your birthday and are able to do something special for yourself in the day of.
I used to take up the whole month as my special time and now it’s just the week 
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Good luck with the appointment - hope everything is okay.
A whole month sounds nice.
Thanks for the wishes - much appreciated!
Thank God its FRIDAY!
Oh shoot i didnt realize its the end to dry january. Im so glad i dont have to rush out and get plastered this weekend. Im busy living my best life sober
Hows pregnancy treating you these days?
Ohhh im invested! Let us know how the convo with the parents goes @HoofHearted
Friday night…woooooyeee its been a long week
Im ending on a high note. I accomplished alot at work and felt in the groove. We submitted 6 program budgets with narratives to a funder. Its been a combined effort for the last 2 weeks. We navigated the Trump spending freeze and chaos which ensued tues-friday. We’ll see what happens next week. Wrote a kickass memo that should be audit proof. Navigated chaos and managed 5 different people with competing deadlines and didnt cry. Plus mental health is decent and got exercise and sunlight.
I didnt get to the gym today. Ill hit it hard tomorrow. Nervous for my first timed 8k outdoors sunday. Luckily the weather should be 57 partly cloudy
Yes, it was busy out and about (although any night out what would probably seem busy to me now). Great that you didn’t even realise about Dry January though!
Pregnancy is good at the moment, thanks. I have left the horrible sick and tired stage, and into the uncomfortable but essentially fine stage. I seriously flagged last night though.
Alright, so went over and talked to the Dad. Let him know what his boys had been doing and that I had it on video. He basically was like, yeah, sounds like something they’d do. Then he went on saying that boys do dumb things and we also did dumb things (boys will be boys), yadda yadda yadda. I agreed, I did dumb things too when I was a kid, but what they are doing is beyond dumb, it’s becoming criminal. He assured me it wont happen again. I said, I’ve already contacted the police, they recommended talking to you first, and if it does happen again, we are free to press charges for trespass, harassment and damages. He re-assured again, it WILL NOT happen again. We exchanged numbers and shook hands.
The best part is, I didn’t tell him where I lived, so… To avoid legal consequences, they will have to stop harassing EVERYONE in the neighborhood. Check Mate. 
Lets hope he addresses it with his son! Good job with a difficult convo @HoofHearted
Came back here to follow up on this. Well done! 
Glad it went as well as it did and hopefully the boys will listen . Be proud of yourself for facing a confrontation head on and handling it like a pro.
Have an awesome Friday everyone!
Enjoy your weekend!
Happy Friday my peeps…wow this week flew by!
I have been in a sick coma and I’m so sorry that I missed your birthday @Planipennia … I even had it on my calendar so not sure how I missed it 
. Hope you had a wonderful time at the concert and had a lovely week celebrating you! 
Still feeling sickly but able to move about more. Hope you all have a fabulous day
Happy belated birthday! Hope you got to celebrate. I had my final piece of celebration last evening with a massage, which I clearly needed because I feel beat up today.
