One Year Ago...

I could write pages on how our life was different one year ago, but last night I was reminded of how we spent our Saturday night exactly one year ago...

Our neighbors were having a Halloween party. The street was full of cars, they had games set up in the back yard, a bonfire in the back, and some loud music. It was not an obnoxious party, but it was not the type of party Dan and I would attend. I think we were coming home from a friend's house and were looking forward to a peaceful night's sleep. Assuming the party was ending soon, we had no reason to suspect differently.

5 AM... the doorbell rings. A minute later, the doorbell rings again. Dan wakes up and says "I think the doorbell rang." We were SO CONFUSED! We put our robes on, walked to the door and sure enough, some poor drunk soul was standing on our front porch wanting to come in. Dan (through the closed, locked door) tried to convince him he had the wrong house, but there was no hope for this guy. After 10 minutes of back and forth conversation, Dan finally told him to leave or we would call the cops-I was already on the phone in the back room. The guy's only response "Good, they will come sort this out."

Long story short... The cops came, the guy asked the cop to light his cigarette with a money clip and the cops happily escorted him home-somewhere on the East Side. An hour later we were left to go back to bed and attempt to sleep. This experience haunted me for nights, weeks, even months. Luckily I can laugh about this now.

I was reminded of this last night.... We were coming home from playing games with friends and 2 friends of our neighbors were walking outside in costume. They invited us over to join the party. It was late, but I told Dan he should go over just to take a picture for the blog-he declined. We got ready for bed, enjoyed a long peaceful night's sleep and had a great Sunday Day!