Security

It's kind of embarrassing. Not just because I'm such a dolt that I lock myself out of the house all the time, but because I also know how to break back in within one minute.

Mark had gone off to New York, and my tenant who has a copy of my house key was off to work. I had shut the door. Locked it securely behind me so no bad men could break in and steal all our great stuff. I knew that I didn't have the key even as the latch made that solid clack of a securely locked door. I have done this so many times that I didn't even break a sweat. I immediately went over to the door that leads to our bedroom. After a bit of twisting at the little window frame on that door, I was able to slide the glass panel out, and reach in through the screen. With a quick twist of the wrist, while the two dogs barked crazily at me, I had unlocked the door and was in.

I know that I can't really secure my house against somebody who is determined to break in, so I don't try that hard. What I depend on is for the dogs to deter would be burglars. So this was kind of a test. Would the dogs notice somebody breaking into the house? They did, Chandler barked loudly, like some kind of insane hound, while Sasha yapped, and yapped. The only problem I can see is that once somebody got in, Chandler would probably stop barking, and bring them a squeaky toy to play with. It's Sasha who would continue yapping, tolerating no intruders.

I used to keep a spare key under a rock in the back yard, but I decided that was too easy. Besides, I kind of like the challenge of breaking in.