Dear Thief:I woke up this morning very tired. I spent most of my day yesterday in class and volunteering- and most of my night studying for a test. I still have to get up thanks to the fact that I have to go work; you see, if I don't work, I don't make money and therefore I don't eat.
I opened the front door and it seemed like a nice day. So nice it made me forget a little bit about my back pain or how much I desired to still be in bed. I walked up to my car and saw the broken glass next to my right passenger door. I looked around for a second looking for you, but you didn't have the decency to wait. You were in a rush, I understand.
My right passenger window was no longer there. I know because I tried to touch it but my hand went past the frame. My heart was beating too fast so I didn't want to sleep anymore- I wanted to wake up from the nightmare. I looked inside the car and the only thing you took was a few Cd's I left laying around. You even left my graduation pictures intact. You saw my face and didn't feel sorry for the damage you were doing. Oh, you were in a hurry, that's right.
A few months back someone broke into my car. It made me sick. I couldn't understand how someone could deliberately do that to someone else. And for some Cd's. I said it over and over again- I wish this person would have knocked at my door, I would have given him the Cd's without a doubt. I would have.
I'm going on a road trip this Tuesday to visit my friend T. To Northern California. For a better idea, like an hour or so from San Francisco. So I figured it was time to organize my music so I'd have a good mix for the seven (or eight) hour drive. I went through my Cd's and there were seven missing. It reminded me that someone bothered to break my window for them.
While going through the Cd's, I realized that they were all in the wrong cases- and I actually found the ones I though the Thief had taken. He took other ones. The ones I won't miss. Among the ones I thought he had taken, there was a CD I put together myself. It was the first mix I ever made.
When I saw this CD again, it made me really happy. I made that CD when I was 14, I couldn't stand the thought that someone else could have have that, so it was a relief to have it in my hands again.
It makes no sense to me. I work hard to have what I have, you work hard to steal what I have.
Oh no!
ReplyDeleteI had that happen a few years ago. They took a $2000 Fendi purse with about $2 of cash inside. And my favorite lipstick. It doesn't matter what's taken, it always sucks to be ripped off.
Take solace in the fact that your first mix was a compact disc. I'm such an oldie that we actually used to make those on these doodads called cassette tapes. At least you have your youth.
I'm ancient.
:)
When I was in Virginia, all our left windows in our SUV was broken by BB gun. Every car in the neighborhood was, too. The police woke us up after 12mn, I think. It was awful!
ReplyDeleteLet's just look at the brighter side... The bad guy didn't steal the entire car.
Take care! :)
Well it wasn't me... I'm on the opposite side of the world. I once had my brand new bike that I had gotten for Christmas stolen from our garage and that made me feel vulnerable and violated, so I'm very sorry to hear about what happened to you! some people can be so selfish not thinking of the consequences of their actions!
ReplyDeleteNo, I know it was a good thing he didn't take my car. It's just really frustrating that we are still stealing from each other- it just doesn't make sense to me.
ReplyDeleteAnd Blaise, you did mention you were in L.A. not too long ago... that's a little suspicious...
(I'm very sorry abour your bike!)
I am very sorry about your shattered car window and also your missing CDs. Most of the time, the thieve managed to enter the lock car without even damaging the car. Somehow they seem to have the magic key. The only thing that we noticed was that some of the things in the car was not in the proper order or something so valuable to us is missing.
ReplyDeleteWan: I've heard about that! Hopefully, we don't have to go through this situations way too many times in our lifetime. It's just heartbreaking.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading!