Miriam accidentally left our garage door open when she went out last night and someone was able to get into our house while I was upstairs reading in our bedroom.

I heard some shuffling around and wasnt sure what it was but just as I started to get out of bed to check some young dude opened our bedroom door. I yelled something at him, he slammed the door, and I went after him. When I opened the door he was half way down the stairs and sort of fumbled while he pointed a gun at me.

I slammed the door shut, held it closed, and braced for impact. Thankfully he didn't fire. I could tell he was afraid. I waited a couple minutes as I heard at least 2 motorcycles speeding away.

When I came downstairs I saw they had stolen my desktop, my latop, my camera, my backpack with all my sd cards, my camera lenses, all my hardware, and my personal notebooks. I lost everything save for a tripod and one hard drive.

I am thankful things didn't turn out worse, but I am also angry/sad because my computers and cards had all of my interviews for The Pyramid of Power, pics of friends and family, lots of personal thoughts, and my notebook contained the full outline to the fiction trilogy I have been planning to write.

I'm also angry that I didn't have any of my weapons in my room to make use of. Maybe it's for the best.

It's been a few years since I had a gun pointed at me so I am a little shook up. Mainly just frustrated and sad.