Going to my parents for Thanksgiving

[amalthia]

I like Thanksgiving, I honestly think it's my favorite holiday...(mostly because of the food) my mom actually seems to put more effort into Thanksgiving dinner than she does for x-mas dinner and well it's good stuff.

anyway! that's not why I'm posting here. I'm going through my normal bought of nervousness over leaving my apartment unoccupied for 4 days! Every time I leave Houston to go somewhere I worry that someone is going break into the apartment and steal my computer, so this afternoon I've been trying to think of what to put on my external harddrive (to back up in case the worst happens) and well figured maybe I should burn some dvds instead because I just don't think my external harddrive is big enough for all my mp3s/music vids...oh wait it is, I just gotta re-arrange some stuff. :(

My reasoning for not already having all these things on my external harddrive already is just in case the thieves decide to steal that and not my computer because external harddrives are much smaller than desktop computers. Basically, either way this goes I'm kind of screwed. Just gotta cross my fingers and hope no one decides to break in. (i've thought about asking an neighbor to keep an eye out because she and her family is ALWAYS outside on their back porch smoking and hanging out, honestly they seem like good people, but then I'd be letting someone know my husband and I will be gone!)

Basically, I hate this worry in the back of my mind anytime I leave my apartment. I know it's kind of silly because really if someone wants to steal stuff from my apartment I really don't think it'll matter if I'm there or not, and I get this way any time I go away for a weekend. I don't even like that my husband is gone because normally he comes home for lunch and well...I like knowing that he's there in the middle of the day.

I'm not sure why I'm so paranoid, I personally have never been robbed before, my grandparents have had their house broken into and trashed a couple of times (but not since they got the burglar bars and alarm) and the apartment complex we live in is quiet and gated and mostly a lot of families with small kids live there. I feel safe there and nothing has happened to make me so suspicious.

Yet instead of worrying about fending off my parents advice, I'm more worried about backing up the computer stuff I can't replace if my desktop gets stolen. I think tonight I'll be spending some quality time backing up my computer files. I just realized it's been 6 months since I've last done this and I know I'll feel better or at least less anxious. (because really the thought of re-downloading all the tv/anime/and movies scares me, there's just no way I can back up all that stuff, though screen shots...has potential so at least I know what I need to replace)

P.S. I have considered hiding my computer in a closet...but does that really work???