the scary night

actually, it was a scary morning, if you want to get technical. at about 1.10 this morning, i woke up to some major yelling and carrying on. at first, i thought i was dreaming, then i thought it was our upstairs neighbor watching something violent on tv (since i can almost always hear the dialogue of whatever he has on, he's THAT loud), and then i realized it was coming from outside. it took me a few minutes to get up the courage to get out of bed, and then i went out the front door to see what was going on. all the way across the park area in our complex, in front of the building directly across from us, there was some guy screaming for everybody to get out of the apartment. he was really irate about something, just hollering away, pacing back and forth... i couldn't tell if he was shirtless or completely naked (i didn't see any pants or anything, but in the dark, it was hard to tell for sure). interesting... i took my cell outside with me, although i have no idea why because i would have had to go back inside to find the number for the police, but i was ready to make a call, until a cop car showed up. then a police hummer... then another patrol car. there were about 6 cops that swarmed the place, handcuffed the guy (after tackling him to the ground) and lots of flashlights and whatnot. it was like an episode of cops, but live and right there in front of us. i still can't believe how loud that guy was; for those of you who have been to visit us here, you have a good idea of how big the park area is... it woke me out of a dead sleep. i was shaking, it was really scary. come to think of it now, it probably wasn't such a bright idea to be standing out there, since arizona law states that anyone can carry a weapon... what if the guy had been armed and firing?? it just goes to show that even in the more upscale and secure neighborhoods, there is still potential for craziness and violence. i don't think i've ever seen anything like that, except for once late february when i was pregnant with cole- some of the hispanics on our street at home went a little nuts and it ended up that there was a few cop cars and an ambulance in front of our house for awhile, but nobody was going super-crazy and they were all fully clothed...
so, that was the excitement, hopefully it won't happen again. maybe it's just the hormones, but man, i'm still a little shaken up and i wasn't even involved... but, all is peaceful at the moment!