Perceived Safety

I'm using our new security system for the first time tonight--as it's the first time Den is away since it was installed last week. I have visions of waking up in the morning and forgetting it's on until the siren wails and the security company calls. I'll trade that for the piece of mind it's offering. Statistically I know that most criminals don't want their homeowners home, and so the greatest likelihood of a break in is during the day, yet it does offer some measure of comfort to know the house is 'armed'.

I have found the achilles heel in TIVO--you can just flow from one show to the next--it records so many different shows that you never knew were of interest. One such show was not a good choice for a naturally neurotic pregnant woman whose husband just left on a business trip. Oprah had a woman who at 9 months pregnant survived an attack by someone looking to kill her and steal the baby. And the woman had been a nanny in the area. Good freakin' grief. Let me just crawl in bed and realax into a deep slumber now. Will I ever learn?