Not a happy day in this neighborhood

I hate our current neighborhood! We went two streets down to the closest grocery store around us, all we needed was milk and bread... Well Curt went in, me and Maximus stayed in the truck... I saw 12-15 kids ranging from 5yrs to 18yrs old go in all at once and soon they started coming out two at a time, of course it looked suspicious to me but I didn't think much of it, it wasn't my business. When Curt came out he told me he saw them stealing. What the heck? I can't stand thieves! We, my family, friends and husband (I'm a stay at home wife) work damn HARD for our money they're steadily making the cost of things get higher because they didn't wanna fork out 75 cents for a Hersey bar. Ticks me off! 

A week ago we heard a gunshot that was obviously close by then sirens almost immediately after. The apartment right below us was broke into a week before that... THEN we recently watched three cops arrest three people in the set of apartments in front of us for car theft. Needless to say we're both ready to get out of here asap.

We now have a plan- Our lease should be up in December so until then we're not going to make trips to Wynne or Newport unless its necessary (holidays, doctor, emergency etc..), we're not going to eat out at all and we're gonna try our best to save money! It's definitely hard to save money when you're just starting out but I don't have a doubt in my mind that we can do it... I  know we can! Hell, we have to.

If worse comes to worse and have no other choice to stay here, we're investing in more locks and guns. To alot of people, that sounds extreme but thats because you haven't been living with us. I, of course, wouldn't ever ever never ever use a gun unless I needed to (a break-in) but I'd rather be safe than sorry. Luckily I'm a pretty badass shooter. ;)

Curt starts night classes for his job in October which makes me even more nervous. He wont be getting home until late. I don't think you should ever feel unsafe in your home! I will not even consider the option of raising a baby here... The town isn't too bad, I'd much rather live in Newport or Wynne but I'd settle for here if need be, just not in this particular area.