This is extremely long, but I really need to vent
Hello World,
You might as well get some popcorn or a cappuccino :o)...this is a long entry...
Today just sucks. I'm having one of those days you wish you could have slept through. It's not a good day or a bad day, it's just a day. I'm so ticked off for practically no reason at all. I was in the media lab on the 4th floor of the library and so I decided to take the elevator cause I am really tired. Well, at every floor someone got one. But, on the 2nd floor of the library, I kid you not, about 10 people piled in!!!! I was squished against the wall and afraid to breath (j/k). But, I was squished against the wall. No wonder a lot of people here are morbidly obese! They can't even take a flight of stairs down to the first floor.
Incidences like these get under my skin!
On Wednesday night I received quite a scare. I live with this lady and her eighty-year-old dad in a huge house that has a pool in the back. Lately I've been swimming at 8:00 p.m. because I know when the sun has gone down I've done my 45 minutes of aerobic exercise. Anyway, after swimming Wednesday night,I headed for the door and turned the knob and it was locked! So I walked around to the side of the house (slowly cause I was barefoot and there were a tons of stickers)and tried that door, it was locked as well. Both cars were gone, indicating her dad had left, forgot I was outside and locked me out. I had no shoes, no cell phone, and worst of all no keys. So i went looking for a spare and found 3 keys. I tried them on the side door, and to no avail, they did not work :o(. So I decided to walk around to the front of the house and try the keys there.
This took me forever since the road is covered in gravel, it's like walking on beans. I also had to watch out for stickers, which I wasn't very good at (they are everywhere). So finally I make it to the front door and it's dark outside. I try the keys at the front door, they did not work. :o(( So I sat on the bench on her porch and decided to wait. I am looking around and I spot this man in white t-shorts and a muscle shirt and he's staring at me. The front yard is probably 40 yards from the street to the front door. I continue to observe him and he's still staring...so I sit there waiting for him to walk away or at least turn away, but he doesn't.
Finally, I turn away and scoot over to the side of the bench that was in front of one of the columns. The column block him from seeing me and vice versa.
I peeked periodically and he was still there...he was not moving. And every time a car passed by he would fiddle with the bush or pretend he was pulling grass. But as soon as the cars would leave he would start staring again. I would check to see if he was there and he would hide behind a palm tree. It went on like this for a while. He must have been there for 30 minutes. I was looking for stuff to hit him with at this point and trying not to panic.
I didn't want to walk to the back since it took my so long to walk to the front (the lady walks the perimeter of the house to work out to give you an idea of how far in the house is and the distances I was walking), I knew that I wouldn't make it to the pool in time if he decided to pursue me. So I felt that staying in the front gave me a better chance to run to the street and hopefully get someones attention. So I stayed there...and waited and he stayed there...finally he left. *sigh of relief* he walked off crossing the perimeter of the yard, but not entering the yard and kept walking down the street. Except it was soooooo dark that I couldn't tell if he was now on the other side watching. I did hear dogs barking and barking, but I couldn't see if he was there because it was pitch black. Finally the lady came at 10:00 p.m.
When I told her about the incident and she said that I worry too much. She thinks i overreacted and assured me that her area is safe. She blew it off. Then she said that I should have gone back to the pool or walked to her brothers house. I think that's insane! The entire house was dark, it looked abandoned. He knew I was alone. In my opinion me walking back to the pool is basically saying, hey, "I'm going back here where there is no light and no one can hear me scream, come get me." And walking to her brother's house, I thought about it...but I was barefoot, why would I walk barefoot in the pitch black night to her brother's house. He lives next door, but it would probably amount to 60 yards. The houses here are so far apart, that each house is secluded. Her brothers area didn't have any light either, so I wouldn't have been able to see what was on the ground or who was there. I think i did the right thing by staying on the front porch.
I don't know. I'm just glad I'm okay. I don't think i've been that scared since I was little. Nothing like that has ever happened to me. I'm just grateful that nothing bad happened. Sorry, I know this entry is lengthy, but this has really been bothering me.
You might as well get some popcorn or a cappuccino :o)...this is a long entry...
Today just sucks. I'm having one of those days you wish you could have slept through. It's not a good day or a bad day, it's just a day. I'm so ticked off for practically no reason at all. I was in the media lab on the 4th floor of the library and so I decided to take the elevator cause I am really tired. Well, at every floor someone got one. But, on the 2nd floor of the library, I kid you not, about 10 people piled in!!!! I was squished against the wall and afraid to breath (j/k). But, I was squished against the wall. No wonder a lot of people here are morbidly obese! They can't even take a flight of stairs down to the first floor.
Incidences like these get under my skin!
On Wednesday night I received quite a scare. I live with this lady and her eighty-year-old dad in a huge house that has a pool in the back. Lately I've been swimming at 8:00 p.m. because I know when the sun has gone down I've done my 45 minutes of aerobic exercise. Anyway, after swimming Wednesday night,I headed for the door and turned the knob and it was locked! So I walked around to the side of the house (slowly cause I was barefoot and there were a tons of stickers)and tried that door, it was locked as well. Both cars were gone, indicating her dad had left, forgot I was outside and locked me out. I had no shoes, no cell phone, and worst of all no keys. So i went looking for a spare and found 3 keys. I tried them on the side door, and to no avail, they did not work :o(. So I decided to walk around to the front of the house and try the keys there.
This took me forever since the road is covered in gravel, it's like walking on beans. I also had to watch out for stickers, which I wasn't very good at (they are everywhere). So finally I make it to the front door and it's dark outside. I try the keys at the front door, they did not work. :o(( So I sat on the bench on her porch and decided to wait. I am looking around and I spot this man in white t-shorts and a muscle shirt and he's staring at me. The front yard is probably 40 yards from the street to the front door. I continue to observe him and he's still staring...so I sit there waiting for him to walk away or at least turn away, but he doesn't.
Finally, I turn away and scoot over to the side of the bench that was in front of one of the columns. The column block him from seeing me and vice versa.
I peeked periodically and he was still there...he was not moving. And every time a car passed by he would fiddle with the bush or pretend he was pulling grass. But as soon as the cars would leave he would start staring again. I would check to see if he was there and he would hide behind a palm tree. It went on like this for a while. He must have been there for 30 minutes. I was looking for stuff to hit him with at this point and trying not to panic.
I didn't want to walk to the back since it took my so long to walk to the front (the lady walks the perimeter of the house to work out to give you an idea of how far in the house is and the distances I was walking), I knew that I wouldn't make it to the pool in time if he decided to pursue me. So I felt that staying in the front gave me a better chance to run to the street and hopefully get someones attention. So I stayed there...and waited and he stayed there...finally he left. *sigh of relief* he walked off crossing the perimeter of the yard, but not entering the yard and kept walking down the street. Except it was soooooo dark that I couldn't tell if he was now on the other side watching. I did hear dogs barking and barking, but I couldn't see if he was there because it was pitch black. Finally the lady came at 10:00 p.m.
When I told her about the incident and she said that I worry too much. She thinks i overreacted and assured me that her area is safe. She blew it off. Then she said that I should have gone back to the pool or walked to her brothers house. I think that's insane! The entire house was dark, it looked abandoned. He knew I was alone. In my opinion me walking back to the pool is basically saying, hey, "I'm going back here where there is no light and no one can hear me scream, come get me." And walking to her brother's house, I thought about it...but I was barefoot, why would I walk barefoot in the pitch black night to her brother's house. He lives next door, but it would probably amount to 60 yards. The houses here are so far apart, that each house is secluded. Her brothers area didn't have any light either, so I wouldn't have been able to see what was on the ground or who was there. I think i did the right thing by staying on the front porch.
I don't know. I'm just glad I'm okay. I don't think i've been that scared since I was little. Nothing like that has ever happened to me. I'm just grateful that nothing bad happened. Sorry, I know this entry is lengthy, but this has really been bothering me.