Alarm Scare

Today right after lunch, I received a phone call from my dad: "I got a message from ADT. The alarm was set off at your place."

My heart sank. My friend's house was burglarized around this time last year, and despite all of the precautions I've taken to avoid the same experience, it was happening to me too.

As I'm talking to my dad, in my mind I'm retracing all of my steps from this morning. Funny thing is, when I left my house this morning, I turned back around because I had doubt about remembering to close my garage door. When I circled around, I saw that the garage door was secure.

I called the alarm company to get more answers, and most importantly, get someone to my property asap. The young woman I spoke to said that Perimeter 2 was breached, which is the door from the garage into the house. They had already sent a security officer to check out the situation.

After rushing home to meet the security guard, then having to wait a couple of hours for Metro police to show up, it turns out it was a false alarm. Whew! Was I relieved! The officer who entered my home for the walk-through said that the door did not appear to have been shut completely. All of my belongings were present and untouched, and there was no damage to the door.

This incident had really stressed me out as it was happening, but I'm very thankful for the good outcome!