My World Is Changed

This morning J came in and woke me.  I thought, "What is he doing?  He already said bye and gave me a kiss."  Then he said "Some one broke into the van.  They stole our iPod, and messed up the steering column.  I think they were trying to steal it." 

I couldn't believe it.  Why would anyone want to steal a mini-van? In our apartment complex there are some really nice cars, and they chose a Grand Caravan?  We called the cops, filed a police report, called the insurance and set up the repair shop.  Needless to say, our blissful little world came crashing down. 

We headed to the repair shop so we could know how long we'd need a rental car.  They told us TWO WEEKS!  We can't be without a car for 2 weeks.  We talk to our insurance, and then talked to the shop again.  We'll have it by the end of the week, phew.

Here are some things I've learned through this:

 Look for the good even when there may not seem to be any.

We were lucky that it was our car, not our home.  We still have our van.  J just cleaned out the van, so no personal information was take.  It happened on early enough to not mess with our plans for Thanksgiving.  I had used the iPod to transfer info from one computer to another, and I had just deleted all those files about 2 weeks ago.

  It's important to have the right kind of insurance.

We're down to one car, and now it's in the shop. If you only have one vehicle, have rental car coverage. We just learned this one. We've always had two cars, so it was no biggie if one

needed some repairs. But now it is a huge inconvenience to not have a car.

Have some emergency savings.

We never would have anticipated this. If something would've happened a year ago, it would have been hard for our family. We probably would have used a credit card, but we don't need

to now because we have some cushioning.

I have to say this again-- WHO WOULD STEAL A MINI VAN?