Not the best way to wake up
I woke up 5 minutes before the alarm went off this morning. I heard a dog barking, which I thought was in my dream, as I didn't hear it after I got up. Then I heard a noise outside the living room window(coincidentally, the only window in the house that actually opens). I woke J up(and that's the fastest he's *ever* gotten up) and we spent the next 10 minutes hissing at each other about where the flashlight might be(in the office beside J's desk). By that time the noise had stopped. We went out front, and the neighbor's dog was in the yard, so I assume he had found some type of vermin by the window.

It was a little scary at first, though. There have been a lot of burglaries in town, no doubt because of rising gas prices and the bad economy. Just the other day, a guy knocked on the door wanting to sell a bike I'm not really sure was his.