My car has gone missing. My very pretty, nearly new, low mileage, sport edition pretty, pretty car is gone. Poof, vanished.
She was last seen in my driveway at 4:45pm Tuesday as I unbuckled three kids and thought about bringing in the remaining Christmas gifts from the trunk and the Christmas box from my mom, "nooo, I'll get those later when I have a free hand." I locked her by remote and took the kids inside for a snack. Fifteen minutes later she was gone.
Call it women's intuition but my bones are rattling. I'm pretty sure that it's someone we've dealt with, maybe not them per se but maybe they served as a tipster. Someone who worked in the house. It doesn't seem possible that it's random. We live in the country, woods all around. We have two or three neighbors we pretty much know, wave to and get along with. It's not the city and our road is nearly all local traffic. It's not like I was parked in a public parking lot or anything. It was stolen in full daylight when the theif knew I'd be in the basement with the kids and couldn't see out very well, or knew that if I did look out I wouldn't see much from that angle. And there's the issue of my spare car key that "disappeared" from the house a few weeks ago. We blamed Charlotte for stashing it somewhere but now I'm not so sure. The only people who know all these things or had access to the key rack were the people who've been working in the house lately. Oh yeah and there's the day I even let the window installer move my car for me telling him "if I'm blocking you my keys are always RIGHT HERE" and I pointed to the key rack, DUH. We won't tell the insurance company about that.
I'm sad. I feel like I lost a close friend.
12 comments:
Oh, I'm so sorry that this happened to you! It's especially chilling to think that possibly someone who you gave work to might have a hand in this. And the Christmas gifts from your mum!
I hope that something can be done. You probably have to find new workmen now, that's for sure.
Oh no! I'm really sorry about that, especially for the presents that were still in the trunk. We've had two cars stolen...one a rental and one ours and each time, we've gotten them back, worse for the wear, but still, we got them back.
I hope the same for you.
Oh no! I hope you get it back.
I am so sorry!
As you know, someone broke into our house in September and I am pretty sure it was one of the people who worked on the new roof, which they USED to break in to the house. It is almost always someone familiar with the building.
I am so, so sorry.
Oh no! That is awful! We live out in the country to and every once in a while I get a weird vibe, out of the blue and run out to lock our gate. We usually leave it unlocked when I am here, but sometimes something just doesn't feel right.
How terrible that it was probably someone that you hired to work on your house. You must feel so used. I hope that they find it, and if not that they find at least the box from your Mom!
i HATE that...my Honda has been stolen twice (and found twice by police!) but i know that feeling...it's horrible and i truly hope that either you find it or at least find the person who did it. i'm soooo sorry!!!
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I love your blog, your art and stories of family life first in Mexico now France. Rarely comment but THIS just stinks. So sorry for your loss (car is like family) and sorrier for the betrayal.
(your)Anon
Crazy! Are these people still working in the house? I hope they catch the culprit. You have names and contact information in any case!
Oh I'm so sorry! That is awful, esp when you know it's someone you've probably dealt with. I hope it's found.
Thanks, you guys give me some hope that maybe it will get found! I'd be so happy to just get it back with at least the stroller in it. The presents I'm sure are lost for good along with the box of really nice chocolate I bought for S's teacher which I just remembered this morning was in the front under the seat, agh!
We aren't certain it's a connection to someone who worked in the house but we we have a lot of problems with the window company and the installers have been in our house more than anyone else so it just makes sense. One of the guys is really hot headed and he has a big attitude with me in particular. I have no idea why. It's creepy.
That's bull!!! And at Christmas too. Some people really suck! With that said, I hope you find it soon with all the goodies intact.
Golly. We have had two cars stolen. One we never saw again, one we had to pay to get out of the impound lot after some kids had been found joyriding in it.
:(
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