So, sitting on the couch in a lovely post-anesthesia, post percocet haze watching Charlie Bartlett (great movie by the way), Robert notices that there is a police car outside, with the lights flashing. Now bearing in mind we had heard no sirens (for those of you who either live her or have visited us you know this is odd), so being totally nosey we go outside to take a peak. Oh my God it is like a cross between Law and Order and CSI. There are cruisers, there are plain clothes officers, there is a dog, and they are combing the parking lot in front of the house and the back lane over that way with flash lights. The out comes the crime scene do not cross tape - now this covers the whole of the parking lot and we look up the hill and it is cordoned off there too. Now given the incident last week I ask the officers if everything is okay - the answer (to my mind at least) a somewhat facetitous "It's fine now we're here". So we just watch, and watch. Finally since I need to buy some post-op accessories we have to go to the Walgreens, and BOOM we find out what is going on.
There has been a shooting at 25 Bragdon St - just round the corner from us - seriously about 1/2 a block away. Now this house has always given me the willies - just too many folks coming and going at odd hours, the kids (about 5 and 6) all up to late, too many folk hanging around outside - just a little off. And to be honest I had started calling it the "crack house".
All we know so far is that the 5 year old little boy and his 17 year old cousin had been shot on the back porch - apparently by another 17 year old. Oh YAY - I am so glad I have the meds on board right now 'cause I would probably be totally freaking out.
We give it a year now then we are out of here - I finally have that real motivation to save seriously. There is no way in hell that I am letting my baby be raised here. Seriously even Rodrigo across the street who was raised here in Roxbury wants out...North Shore or South Shore - I don't care just somewhere a little less diverse and a little less likely to expose us to this much violence.
Newborn Poppy
Monday, August 18, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
What a week
It is easier to just number the things that have happened in the past 7 - 14 days.
1. We saw an MBTA sitting at a red light suddenly decide to just drive through the light
2. Keyspan/National Grid (whatever they are called now) charged us $900 for a month of gas
and are trying to say the bill is accurate. Oh and now their website is down.
3. We had to call the police because 3 kids were firing air pistols at the house
4. My landlady really hates me - and I am blaming #2 for that one
5. Work is out of control
6. I saw a homeless dude laying on the sidewalk outside of Borders with his willy out peeing.
7. We had another power outage with no explaination from NSTAR
8. I am very tired and have to have surgery in the morning
1. We saw an MBTA sitting at a red light suddenly decide to just drive through the light
2. Keyspan/National Grid (whatever they are called now) charged us $900 for a month of gas
and are trying to say the bill is accurate. Oh and now their website is down.
3. We had to call the police because 3 kids were firing air pistols at the house
4. My landlady really hates me - and I am blaming #2 for that one
5. Work is out of control
6. I saw a homeless dude laying on the sidewalk outside of Borders with his willy out peeing.
7. We had another power outage with no explaination from NSTAR
8. I am very tired and have to have surgery in the morning
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