On Wednesday we came back to the apartment to find this:

On closer inspection, I saw that the thief or thieves had made off with the stereo, and the ipod hidden under the seat. While neither of those held much monetary value, the trouble that this caused is somewhat annoying.

This week I've had to replace the window, get the window re-tinted, order a new hazard button which was connected to the dash faceplate, and order a new face plate to fill the hole in the dash. All of this before even replacing the radio which I'm kinda leery about doing now anyways. Sad to say, all of this was in our apartment complex, a gated community that has been very safe according to our neighbors who have lived here for a while. In fact, a neighbor told me that the last time they had heard of something like this happening was 6 years ago, at which there were a rash of car burglaries. This time only my car was broken into. The management here at our apartment hasn't been too helpful, except only to tell me that they would put a note in our file that we were robbed. There are cameras on the property, but only to monitor who comes in and out of the gate.

In the end, it's just stuff that can be replaced, especially since none of it was overly expensive. It's just the trouble that you have to go through after an incident like this.

The last 24 hours have been quite interesting… After bible study ended at our apartment last night, Carolyn and I decided to bum out on the couch to watch a movie. That evening, the A/C in our unit stopped working. Gradually the temperature rose from about 73 to over 80 degrees. Carolyn was growing uncomfortable, and Chloe was equally warm. So finally at midnight, I made the decision to pack up and move us over to my parents’ house. It took an hour to finish feeding Chloe, and so by the time we were there it was past 1:00am.

On top of that, while sitting on the couch, I guess I was vegging out in a weird position, so now my neck had this terrible crick in it. In fact, by 5am the pain was so unbearable that I couldn’t sleep anymore and had to get up. My dad was up around 7am and asked why I was up. He gave me some medicine and I was able to sleep for another few hours.

By the time I woke up it was too late for me to make it to my morning meeting, nor did I have any clothes at my parents’ house that I could have thrown on and gone to school in. So I just did some work on the computer. Finally, we ended up heading back to our apartment. As we pulled up to a parking spot, Carolyn pointed out, “hey how come your car windows are open”. Looking closer, I realized that someone had busted out my car windows over night. I looked in the car, my car stereo was gone, and so was the iPod that was hidden under the seat. The rest of the day was spent calling the cops, arranging repairs, and trying to deal with insurance (which was a no-go).

What a day…

... or, why you should turn off the tv and read some good books right now. Check out the original post from where this cartoon came from.

We started going back to church a few weeks ago. It's been a little different sitting in the back in case we need to make a quick escape in the middle of the service. For the most part though Chloe has been very well-behaved especially during the worship music times. We think it's because during pregnancy, we always sat in the front where the music was blaring, so Chloe is used to these sounds.

Take it for what it is, but Chloe is always the most fidgity during the sermon time.

We've appreciated the opportunity to be back at church, and to be surrounded by community once again. Yesterday after church we spent the afternoon with our good friends Chris and Megan who are moving to D.C. for grad school. Several people from FEFC showed up to load all their belongings into a U-haul and help clean their house. Though it was a sad time eventually having to say goodbye, it was a sweet time of fellowship just being able to be around them. When we first started coming to our community group, Chris and Megan made us feel very welcome and loved. They will certainly be missed.