My Farewell Note

If you were able to read my last post, then you know what's been going on. The most recent update is that my house in Grand Rapids was broken into, vandalized and myself and my roommates were robbed. This, coupled with the earlier threat on my life, has made me leave Grand Rapids. I think my time in that city has come to an end, although it is abrupt and unfortunate, it seems to be clear. I left in the middle of night, a few hours after the break in, so please forgive me for not getting to say goodbye to any of you. I miss you all so much, and will stay in touch as best I can. Right now my mind is overwhelmed with all the recent, terrible images and scenes of what has happened lately; but I will work through this so that I can eventually remember all the good times I had in that city. My first house on woodlawn. Walking to the village for burgers at the Derby Station, or ice cream at the junction. Meijer trips at all hours of the night. My time living with "my guys" on the northeast side. Walking downtown to go dancing and drinking. The great restaurants on cherry street. All the wonderful friends I made. All the great people I met. I'm going to miss it, you, everything so much. I had some amazing times in Grand Rapids, and I learned and grew a lot from everything that happened. So, as a favor to me, lock your doors and take care of yourselves. I will love/miss you all. Farewell Grand Rapids.

Love,
me

For the Record

I'm writing this so there is some form of a public file that states what has been going on. Since the police station was of no use or help to me, this is the closest thing I can get to a public record. So what I'm about to type is completely true and here in case anything should happen. This morning, July 7th, I was awaken at around 330 am in the morning to the sound of banging and yelling. The banging was on my bedroom window, I'm on the first floor of the house I currently live at, and the yelling was also directed towards me. The persons responsible for these actions were my neighbor and one of his friends. They were obviously drunk, and highly dangerous. They were banging on my window and yelling threats at me. Things that are vulgar and offensive and not worth repeating here. The thing that is worth repeating is the fact that they made reference to knowing where I sleep and where I am. They repeated the phrase "two days, two days" which I took as a threat upon my life. As in "two days until we try to kill you" or "two days until we do some kind of harm to your body". The specifics can vary. The point is, I felt/feel threatened for my life. I did not call the police because I knew that as soon as the cop car left, I would be on my own and have pissed them off even more. It's not like the cops were going to assign me a sentry or a guard. So I made up my mind to not call and to just go to the police station later that morning and report the incident. After they stood outside my window for about twenty minutes they began to argue with one another, it turned violent. I heard one choke out the other. These guys are not to be taken lightly. They are both military, one Marine the other Army, tall and probably trained to kill. The reason that they have chosen me for a target was because I tried to stop the party they were having on my porch the evening of July fourth. They know one of the girls I share my house with and were drunk that night as well and making a lot of noise. When I told them to take the party elsewhere that night, they threatened me then. I didn't think anything of it because I was use to hearing that sort of thing when you tell a drunk person a party is done with. But what happened this morning was unprovoked and directly towards me and my life. The police were of no help because they said as long as they were invited to the house by my housemate, they can not be removed. And they did not understand my reasoning as to why I didn't call when they were directly outside my window. I didn't file a report while I was there either because there would have been an investigative follow up with my neighbors, and the whole point of what I'm trying to accomplish is for them to not know I'm the one who got the police involved. The only thing the police could offer me was that "I try to move to another house". Clearly I am frustrated. I can either move or get a restraining order, but a piece of paper won't stop them from coming after me. So as for right now I've packed a bag and am staying with friends. I'm not sure what my next move will be or what I should do. The point of this is to just have some kind of time stamped record in case anything else should occur. I love my family and my friends. And if you have any suggestions or ideas, please contact me. Thank you.