Short-lived happiness

Well it didn't take long in fact only a full 24 hours of our beautiful security gates being fitted before I was feeling intimidated and worthless in my own garden. Again another day of explaining to people that they are on private property - I could not believe it I had only had the gates open less than six minutes for the installation engineers to finish doing final fixings and mr cool big black Mercedes snuck in as the gates were open for the works and refused to move until he had finished his business with the financial advisers next door. Even though he was politely informed he was not allowed to park he advised he did not care.

If I were a bigger person I would have parked my car to block his. But I have been assaulted already for asking someone to move. I am too scared of the reprisals to do anything.

I feel incredibly sad, hurt and embarrassed and ashamed that I am powerless to protect my property and privacy and anything I do would of course be completely out of order, petty, antagonistic, childish even. I suddenly feel quite lonely and small.

Husband will sort it out.