Robbed

That is what we woke up to find out this morning. That title is not a joke, sarcasm, or a pun. GT went out to his pick up to go to work this morning to find out that we had been burglarized. Someone broke in to it last night and they didn't take much-- you know, just the stuff that was valuable. They stole his Sirius satellite radio receiver and a flashlight that was wired in to the pick up so it charges (kind of hard to explain, but it was very cool and of course--valuable). And the sad thing is both things were gifts that GT had received and both of them were two of very few things which make his daily commute in the old junky pick up a little better. The radio was my gift to him for Christmas last year and the flashlight was a birthday gift from my parents a few years ago. So, that's it...just like that they're gone and there is not much we can do about it. We called the police, knowing that it would go nowhere as most cases like this do. They came out and even dusted for prints, but came up with nothing. A report has been filed, and we assume that'll pretty much be the end of that. Strange feelings come about when something like this happens. For starters, we have always felt pretty safe since we live in a "gated" area (knowing that it certainly is not difficult to get in here), but of course it can happen anywhere--and for all we know, it could be someone that lives here, you never know. And there aren't adequate words to describe how you feel when something that is rightfully yours and is meaningful to you (and quite nice to own, in fact) is just taken, just like that and you just have to deal with it. You can't do a darn thing about it. You just feel so violated and kind of creeped out really. So you can be mad, but at who? at what? And also, nothing like getting you the warm fuzzy feelings that surround the holidays than being robbed... Yep, not really in the spirit of the season. But oh well, things could always be worse, but that is my venting for the day. I just hope the thief enjoys a satellite radio receiver that has already been de-activated and a flashlight that will stop working as soon as the charge runs out and he can't put it back on the charger. Because I knew we enjoyed having them while they were OURS. I hope your day all got started better than ours!! And now I've got to get on to blogging about more exciting things (like T's birthday, for starters). I can't believe it's been a week since I posted!