it’s not about you

one portable table seat: $20
one lightweight stroller: $30
one car booster: $85
one auto CD player :$160
travel music collection: $375
one missing white 95 Honda Accord: about $5,000
hoping the person who took it will be overcome with guilt when he sees all the baby stuff: priceless

*sigh* this is all we have left:

Joshua went out at 7 this morning to run to the store for some milk. He came back into the bedroom where Judah and I were lazily lolling about and said, “we parked the car out front, right?” “Yeah, why?” “Cause it’s not there.” “What?” I thought he was messing with me, pulling my leg, yanking my chain, in an attempt to fully wake me up. “It’s gone.” “Our car is gone? Someone stole it?” I scrambled out of bed, looking for my pajama pants while trying to remember exactly where we parked it. we went downstairs and stood in the front doorway, trying not to get wet from the morning’s rain. Sure enough, it was gone, just like that. “Well, let’s call the police,” I said. We called 911, and told them our car had been stolen. the auto theft division called us back within an hour. We gave them the VIN number and all we can do now is hope it shows up somewhere.

In the meantime, this really sucks. I mean, we have a good perspective — it’s just a car, it’s just stuff, nothing is irreplaceable. Sure there’s a few trinkets we can’t replace because they have sentimental value, but it’s not like we left our wedding album in the trunk or anything. And despite DART’s faults, a main bus line runs down our cross street, and can get me to work easily and, hopefully, quickly. I’m just glad we moved back to Lower Greenville, where everything we might actually need is within walking distance.

Okay, so the good points - the silver lining:
1. it makes a great story.
2. we’ll save money by not having to buy gas.
3. we didn’t owe any more money on the car.
4. okay, so that’s all I can think of so far.

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