It's the tradition of May Day to be giving out candy to your neighborhood, not to be stealing it.
Yesterday, I was at the laundromat taking care of my clothes. The dryer in my apartment complex doesn't produce any heat. So, if I have time, I'll use the washer and then hang stuff up on my two drying racks and use hangers on many internal doorways for more stuff. If I don't have time, I'll go to the laundromat and both wash and dry there.
I was there waiting for my wash to get done. I had some stuff on my phone that I wanted to deal with while I waited, so I was engrossed in it. Apparently I missed the person who broke into my car. Only two things were taken: a bag of chocolates and my paperback copy of Game of Thrones. The chocolates were worth $9 when full, but it was 1/3 gone already, so we'll peg it at $6. The book I got at Half Price Books, so it only cost me $4. A grand total of $10 worth of stuff was taken from me.
I was going to continue reading the Game of Thrones book when my stuff was drying, but that was not to be. Sure, it was partially my fault for forgetting to lock the car door. Obviously, the real blame is on the thief.
I’m not even that upset about the thief. Yes, I am really into the Game of Thrones book after a friend recommended it to me. However, it is easily replaceable.
There are two things that I am more upset about. First, I am upset at the stupidity of the thief. Those two things were not even close to the most valuable items in the car.
Second, I am upset that the thief didn’t just steal the whole car. At least then I would have something to tell the insurance company about, and I could get a check. My car is getting old and now has over 150,000 miles on it. It has annoying but non-fatal problems all over: windshield has a crack in it, cruise control doesn’t work, no front bumper (not from a wreck, a cooler fell off a pickup truck headed home from an ISU football game this fall and I didn’t have the ability to swerve, so I straddled it), there is no knob to change where the air comes in from (I use a pair of pliers on the knob stump), the Check Engine Light is constantly on despite no actual problem, it holds my bike but not nearly as well as an SUV would, front brakes need some work, and I likely need new tires because the ones I put on not too long ago weren’t very good and haven’t worn as well as they were promised to last.
I’ve been thinking about when I want to replace the car. It likely won’t happen for a little while. I’ve been contemplating a couple changes to my living situation and job, so those need to get resolved first. I’m not ready to make those changes public yet, but I have been willing to hint at them.
By the way, I’m putting off the promised tale of my Ironman adventure until another day.
