Notice anything, oh, I don’t know, WEIRD on my desk? 

Yep. And when I go out, I’ve got one in hand or in bag. Since the 19th, my apartment and two others have been broken into or attempted to break in. I am the only one who hasn’t had a break in–only attempts. How do I know? The paint scraped off my front door. The bent metal where someone put a crowbar or other object. 

On the 19th, my 3rd floor neighbor’s place was broken into around 12:30-1pm when he was upstairs in my place. Robber took his wallet. 

Same time, guy robs new girl’s also 3rd floor apt and steals her Mac laptop. 

Neighbor, M, and I freak out. I call 911 and 30 mins later cops come. They’re not super interested since this isn’t a big deal in Brooklyn, I guess. 

We got the locksmith over immediately and he installed this beautiful lock. You need that plastic card and me to make a copy of that key. 

Did the landlord pay for our locks? Our $200 locks? Nope. 

Instead, he fixed the broken front door (yep, we had no barrier between us and the street) and wanted to be patted on the head for doing something. 

I spent $60 on 3 of these bars: 1 for my front door and 2 for the balcony doors. There are two doors on my floor that are locked but lead to each of my terraces. Then, you can get into the apt if you break the sliding glass door. I put steel rods in the tracks of the sliding doors. Also turned on the patio lights. They’re never going off.  

I also ordered these from eBay and the fake cameras that are identical to the ones I installed in my old apartment building. The landlord is supposedly working on cameras next week, but it won’t happen. He had the nerve to ask me to put up the fake ones if he “couldn’t afford” the real cameras. Dude, you’re a landlord. NO. 

So I’m usually asleep to early afternoon because I’m awake until 6:30-7am because I’m listening for sounds of a break in. Even if I tried, I couldn’t sleep. Too nervous about him getting in and letting a cat out or hurting one of them. It’s so crazy. I’ve lived here for 5 years and nothing like this has EVER happened before. 

Back to work! At least I can disappear to Lost Springs–my town in WILD HEARTS. 🙂