It's happening again. This time I didn't even get to sleep before it hit. While I was working on getting dinner around I felt like one might possibly get me tonight, and I was right. :(

This one is very mild compared to the last, but the same symptoms exist: total adrenaline rush, trembling, rapid breathing, sweating like mad, upset stomach, extreme sense of fear (though not at all like the last 3 I've had this year), and a weird sense of detachment from reality.

It's possible that this one is tied to stress, as today was pretty hectic and I had to leave some things hanging at work. I didn't really feel stressed when I headed off to bed 30 minutes ago though.

As long as these things don't get dramatically more frequent or stronger, I'll be going to see some sort of doctor after the new year breaks.

Good lord, how far is this going to go?!

I was just sitting here watching a movie, and the group of brats that normally sits on the porch making noise late night weekends came storming up the stairs. One of them decided to jump down on his hands and knees in front of my window and plaster his face against said window, staring in at me. I yelled at him to go away, and he went and stood on the steps looking in for a bit.

I can appreciate the curiosity of kids, and the friendliness of Texas, but this is over the friggin' top!

This isn't the first time those kids have tried to cause a ruckus either. Last time they decided to annoy and startle me, they were messing with my bike (which is locked up on the porch, tied to the railing) and kept opening and closing my door.

At this point, I'm not quite sure how to handle it, aside from standing my ground. I'm tempted to take a trip down to the sports store and buy a baseball bat. I don't want to get violent with any of it, but if that's what it takes, that's what it takes.

I have a fair bit of expensive toys sitting here in my living room that would probably only entice them further to try to get in here. While I do have insurance and I am not too entirely attached to anything material I have (there are a couple of things with some sentimental value), I'm not about to have some falsely over-confident kid come in here to run off with my TV, XBox, or computers, especially not while I'm here.