Saturday, January 2, 2010

Birthday Surprise

We arrived home to DC around 10pm Wednesday Night. When we entered the house, it was freezing. (I guess we brought NY with us. ) Our heat had gone out while we were gone. Brrrrr. After several attempts to fix it, we bundled up and went to bed. Our blankets kept us nice and warm. The next morning when Brett headed out to take his parents to the airport, we found we had freezing rain and this...


Our window had been completely shattered. Someone had broken into our car. We had locked it, but apparently they were clever enough to turn off our alarm.

They stole our airbag and the GPS. They smeared Abby's banana chips all over the back seat and spread my coupons around. (I guess they didn't want those.)

This makes 2 big things stolen from us in the last 2 years, our airbag and Brett's scooter. These thieves are making this an annual event. I wish they would just leave us poor students alone. When we called the police, they said they didn't have time to investigate because they were too busy with other crimes done that night. Sad. Oh well, things could always be worse. We're just grateful that we are all alive and well.
We have amazing friends and they invited us over for dinner that night and made me a yummy birthday cake! We're blessed to have such great family and friends...they are what get you through bad days like Thursday.

5 comments:

Anne said...

Emily, I'm so sorry about your car. When we lived in DC for the summer (a couple of years ago) we had our car broken into and the only thing they stole was the GPS (they were nice enough to leave the coupons alone.) The cop that investigated said sometimes the passenger window doesn't sound the alarm. Again, so sorry!

Erin said...

I AM SOO SORRY!!

That just plain stinks. Out of painful curiosity, I have been watching craiglist to see if any of my things turn up, they haven't. I wish they would leave poor students alone, too!! Boo.

Sarah said...

Well at least the coupons weren't taken :)

What a rotten ending to a great Christmas week!!

Lynda said...

I am so sorry that happened. Your happy attitude about it though is very admirable. You guys are wonderful!

Michelley said...

So sorry! That stinks. That's actually happened to me twice. I hate it! And each time the police said they wouldn't investigate it. Stinks. Sorry!!

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