Sojourner's Ramblings

Now there's something that I've never really thought about. Thieves really aren't tidy...they don't clean up after themselves. Twice now I've had my trucks violated. First time was the late Rusty back in August of 2001. I say violated because I can't technically say "broken into" if I leave the truck unlocked in the driveway overnight. My first thought was that Steve and Adrian - who had just arrived at my house for a fun-filled day at The Beach - had played a joke on me opening up my glove compartment and not closing it and pulling the Beanie Bag out and putting it on my passenger's seat. After a little interrogation, they insisted it wasn't them and a chill went right through me. Someone had gotten into my truck right in my very own driveway overnight! Fortunately, all they managed to get was my wallet (yes...I'd left it in the UNLOCKED truck as well as my garage door opener...think about that one!) with no cash. To this day, I've managed to escape any identity theft.

All was well and good until this past Thursday when I was at an undisclosed location (to protect the innocent). Once again...truck (this time little Franklin) in the driveway...unlocked. This time it wasn't over night but just probably less than an hour all the while I was less than 20 feet away. Once again those untidy thieves just left my truck a mess. My first thought was - "those silly dogs of mine - how did they make such a mess in my front seat?!" And then it hit me. Eventhough I had my very sweet MP3 player, various restaurant gift cards, AND a spare car key all in there...all they seemed to be interested in was the cash. They might have gotten maybe 7 bucks in change. And before you think that they just didn't FIND the spare key and gift cards, that untidy thief left them thrown all over the front seat.

Before you ask...no...I haven't "learned my lesson". I will still refuse to live my life locking all my "stuff" when it's not within my sight. But thanks for the concern... :)