I was just outside hanging some laundry out on the line when my best friend came into her back garden (our gardens are separated by a wall that's short enough to see each other's houses over).  She proceeded to tell me that she was speaking with that family yesterday.  The family that has been making our lives a living hell for the last two weeks.

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I got cornered by the younger girls' school principle today.  Apparently Little Miss Naughty told her about the window.  She asked me if I had spoken to anyone besides the police about what has been happening and my answer was "like who?"  We've never experienced anything like this before, so we don't know what our options are.  She then introduced ( Read more... )

The cops finally showed up yesterday. Of course, it would figure that they would show up while I was out picking up the kids from school.  Of course, since we don't have any proof that the dickwads down the street are the ones that threw the brick through our window, there isn't much they can do about it.  (Although it did occur to me that they ( Read more... )

Just when I thought things might be starting to cool off, it gets worse ( Read more... )

I haven't slept right for over a week.  Luckily, with the kids having a 3-day weekend this week (Bank Holiday tomorrow today), I can at least sleep until I wake up on my own, instead of trying to get up at godawful-early-in-the-morning after having something like 2 or 3 hours' worth of sleep.

It's all because of those two assholes that tried to ( Read more... )

Most of the time, I absolutely love where I live.  It's so different to what I grew up with, and so much more laid-back than I had ever imagined.  But it's not utopia.  There are definitely flaws to the system out here, and I'm certainly not blind to them.

Take ASBOs for example.

Anti-Social Behaviour Orders were instigated in 1998 as an " ( Read more... )

So I made an appointment to talk to the girls' school principle today.  Luckily, she was able to fit me in right before the end of the day, so I just went over there a little earlier than I would have.

I don't know why, but for some reason I was nervous.  It's weird - things that wouldn't have bothered me a bit back home have started to really ( Read more... )