we were broken into

sveta called me at work to say that our house had been broken into. though the doors were all still locked, her macbook pro was gone and miss tomb's room had been thoroughly trashed. someone had climbed in our kitchen window and back out again. i cancelled my after-work goodbye party and rushed home from work early - i was completely terrorized by the thought that teddy, my furry charge, whose pen was right next to the site of intrusion, may have been abducted. when i arrived home i was fully relieved to find him panting at me from inside his pen. jenner and clemmie were okay too. we were scared that jenner may have been seriously hurt if he had tried to go after the thief. frenchie's and tim's rooms had not been disturbed, and my laptop had not been taken from the dining room. however, all the drawers in miss tomb's room had been pulled out and thrown on the floor, her closet was thrown apart, her ornaments were broken, and all the valuables had been taken. there was something very disconcerting about the scene - i felt thoroughly violated seeing her room and our home that way. the burglary brought out the best in our friendfamily. sveta, only three days in la and already experiencing disaster, was wonderfully brave and positive, which was a godsend. tim, normally one of the quieter housemates, stepped up and was very thorough and constructive in what actions to take in the aftermath. mr. tomb, his girlfriend, other miss tomb, her boyfriend, the rocket engineer, and bagel all came over to provide support while we waited over four hours for the police to come. the rocket engineer and bagel both independently decided to bring laptops borrowing and changing account passwords. other miss tomb ordered delivery from thai boom and frenchie and mr. tomb played the piano and guitars to assuage the sad feelings.