First up, as I was watching the morning news like usual…they were talking about a dead body found in St. Paul…I glanced at the TV and noticed the video footage was from a little church (abandoned I believe) right across the street from my work. I know I’ve talked about it before, but the area I work in (also, where I grew up) is not a good area….a lot of crime and just pretty dangerous. Not a comfortable place to be, and I hate walking to and from my car if I ever have to do it alone. So, this wasn’t a huge surprise, but really disturbing. They didn’t have a ton of information, and didn’t release the cause of death, but just said that this man they found has been involved in an altercation on a city bus, and all involved were kicked off of the bus, and that’s the last information they had available. Disturbing to say the least really.
Today also marks Christian and my 11 year dating anniversary. 11 years…never a break, no breakups, nothing of the kind. 11 straight years, day in and day out. It just sounds like a really long time (well, maybe not to some, but for a 28/29 year old, it’s a LONG time). It’s amazing to think back on our life together…dating for a little over 6 years and all of the drama, chaos, fights and growing up we did in that time. Nearly 5 years of marriage…more arguments, greater stresses, buying a home, 2 kids, pets and so many stories to share. We’ve lived an exciting, fun, busy life together, and I can’t wait to see where our future brings us.
Work went well today, another quick day. I picked up the girls and we made our way home. However, Amelia did have ANOTHER incident report in her file today…she was bit, AGAIN. I don’t know what to do. I’m getting really frustrated with it, and it stresses me out. I know biting is super common, and the big issue in daycare/preschool is that they learn it from each other. It’s always that Amelia has something one of the other kids wants, and they bite her to get it from her. I can deal with that side of things…but she’s been starting to bite Olivia at home when they’re fighting, and that’s my big fear…her picking up the habit. I really hope it stops soon!
Once home, I started dinner and let the dog out. A little while later I heard a knock at the door…it was one of our neighbors, with the dog. Ugh, he still gets out all the time…I can’t wait until we have a weekend to spend taking care of that problem (collar, tags, chicken wire along the fence). They said they found him on the block over, but the fire, and he was scare. Fire?!? What are you talking about?!? I had heard sirens a little earlier, and they sounded really close, but I didn’t think much of it. They told me “Yeah, head out on your deck and you’ll see it”.
Sure enough, a house on the block behind us was on fire. Flames coming from the roof and everything. I got really emotional just seeing it. You can just imagine what it would be like to go through that…to lose everything, the danger, the fear. It’s terrifying. After dinner, we took a family walk around the block to check it out…see how bad it was, make sure everybody was safe and OK (it was really consuming my mind). The whole living area of the house was pretty much destroyed, definitely not livable. I would assume they’ll have to demolish it and rebuild. The owners were home, but did get out safe and sound, thank god. There was little damage to the house next door to them, but luckily it wasn’t a windy day or anything, so nothing spread. So glad it wasn’t any worse. My heart just aches for the homeowners.
All in all, it was a chaotic day, with a lot of bad news. No fun at all. Here are some pictures from the fire scene.
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