This morning I came down to find that someone had thrown a piece of our stone border edging through our window. We've got two bay windows by our front door and there's a window in the porch area which is quite hidden. The stone is very heavy and was thrown through the the heavy curtains and landed on the sofa about 1.5m away, so it must've been chucked with a bit of force. It's single pane glass and so the edges are really jagged. No other damage anywhere.
I'm trying to work out whether this was a random act of vandalism or an attempted break-in. Our garden path is quite long and whoever did it must've wanted to be hidden because otherwise they could've thrown it through one of the front facing windows on the two bays either side of the door which would've been far easier and quicker to run away. However, the broken window would allow easier access for an intruder as the other windows have got rose bushes underneath. We called a few different emergency glazing companies and nobody would come out, so I've propped a piece of wood against the window and then placed a bookcase nearby. Dh and I had been looking for wood in our garage (which doesn't lock at the front or back) and had the light on because it was quite dull today. I made a point of going back into the garage to turn the light off. We had to go out and returned when it was dark and I'm sure the light wasn't on because it's really bright and very noticeable when it's dark. Then Dh and I both went out at the same time and neither of us saw the light on then or when we came back (car is parked in driveway in front of garage) When Dh left for work an hour ago he came in and told me the garage light was on!
Called 101 earlier today and they think it is just criminal damage as burglars don't break windows at night because it is too noisy.
Dh works night shifts, so I'm on my own with DS tonight and I'm really scared! Am I just being ridiculous?