Kadiera's Playground Cute but Evil - it averages out

Our house got broken into last night. I caught the guy because he knocked over some stuff which woke me up.

He got off with my eee laptop, but the police found it in the snow. I fought with him, and got his coat off him as he was trying to escape. The other couple things he picked up were in his coat pockets (including the pizza he stole from the fridge).

His jacket had his parole officer's phone number in his pocket.

The police actually saw him leave the house, as they were checking on a suspicious persons call. They lost him briefly, then tracked him with a dog.

We're fine (but tired), although I'm a bit sore and have a few gouges on my hand. I'm sure I'll bruise terribly, given the aches that are already developing.

I should have kicked him at the very beginning, and he wouldn't have gotten so far. Guess it's a good thing I'm back to karate lessons.