My sister's home got robbed this afternoon. The burglars kicked in the back door, and then apparently took their time going through the house. They took most of her jewelry, including the earrings she made out of our grandma's wedding ring's stones. They stole credit cards (which they proceeded to try to use at a jewelry store--but went over the card's credit limit and were declined), and Michelle's disability paperwork, which includes her social security number. Beyond that, what they took seems rather random. They left a lot of stuff, though, and didn't ransack the place, so that's something. A friend of Michelle's walked by during the crime, and saw their car (a white BMW with dealer plates), and they might have surveillance footage from the jewelry store, so maybe the police will have a little to go on.

One more thing to add to the list of disturbing developments my mother has been harping on. There was a plane crash over La Mesa last week, and the airplane landed on the house of the daughter of someone from Mom's church. Fortunately no one was home (and they were thus spared the sight of a dead body sprawled in the lawn), but the house is a total loss. And a few weeks ago, the son of a family friend was on vacation in Argentina, and was run over by a car, getting his ear ripped off in the process. The strangest thing being, apparently the driver intentionally ran him and several others over, killing at least one. And now Mom has this to fret over, too.