Man, this SUCKS...

Tonight, Shelly and I loaded up the kids and headed out to dinner. I was craving some smoked sirloin from Texas Land & Cattle, so we stopped in there for a little grub. Dinner was great. Shelly stopped by the ladies room on the way out so I took the kids out to the truck and got them buckled in.

When Shelly got to the truck, she asked me what was the story with all of the junk on her seat. Several things from the center console (spare diapers, gloves, etc) were piled on her seat. It hit us both at the same time. We checked the console and around the truck in general. We had been robbed.

As near as we can tell, they either jimmied the handle or used a slim-jim. There is a small scratch on the paint below the door handle on the drivers side. All we could find missing was Shelly's makeup and our digital camera that were both in the console. Nothing of value was in sight. What's funny is that she had a new pendant, still in the James Avery bag also in the console that was dumped on the passenger seat. She also had her blue tooth laying in the cup holder, that was untouched.

Why the makeup? It was in a small zippered Vera Bradley pouch, so they probably thought it was a purse. The funny thing about the camera is that Shelly had taken it yesterday to go on a field trip with Matthew, and forgot the battery for it. So, the jackass that broke in the truck got a bag of used makeup and a non-working camera. Of course, it will cost us about $400 or so to replace the camera and the cosmetics, but luckily there was no real damage to the truck.

One lucky thing was that I almost left my iPod in the console, and decided to slip it in my pocket. Makeup and the camera get replaced out of the general fund. I would have just been out of luck with the iPod.

Long Overdue....

Was everyone wondering where I was? I was being lazy. It's hard to get back into the blog after taking a little while off.

Well, I think I'm ready to get back into it. Of course, it only makes sense for the first new post to be a funny / embarrassing story about myself...

Last night, we were up pretty late. This morning, it was hard to get up. In fact, after my shower, I was still half asleep when I was getting dressed. I made it to work, relatively on-time, and had a fairly busy Friday.

Right at 5:00, I was the only one in the office, and the phone just kept ringing. About 5:15, I finally was off the phone, shut everything down, and headed out the door. Alarms set and doors locked, I headed for the car. As I was getting in the car, I really needed to go to the bathroom. I decided that it was too much trouble to unlock everything and turn off the alarms, so I decided to step around the corner of the building and water the grass there (fences, etc make it a private location).

So, After a quick glance to make sure no one is around, I unzip and reach for the flap on the front of the boxers. It's not there... Hmmm, drawers must be twisted. Check left and right - still no flap. What the heck? Not sewn closed, just not there... After further inspection, I figured out my problem. I had my drawers on backwards. I'm talking I had gone all day wearing my drawers Liberace style...

Shelly didn't know what was funnier, that I had gone all day without using the restroom, or the fact that I never noticed. (After thinking about it, She never even questioned me about watering the grass at the office...)

I don't think I've ever had that happen before.