--- layout: post title: theft shock author: Steven date: 2007-01-12 02:50:33 categories: - Musings tags: - musings featured_image: https://www.stevenjaycohen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/wsi-imageoptim-mac-keyboard.jpg --- Thanks to the kindness of friends, Olivia is at school, all of the needed reports have been filed, everything that needed to be cancelled has been cancelled, and if I can work out the money, I may have a new car by next week. The money really worries me. I have started saving for a down payment on a home. And, this car replacement may send me all the way back to square one. Things that were in the car: Olivia's big white teddy bear that was a gift from my sister Olivia's favorite purple fuzzy socks that were a gift from Sandi Olivia's velvet pajamas that she wore to a sleep over A set of Robin Hood paper dolls that were also a gift My lined/leather winter coat with all of those pockets My digital camera (in one of those pockets) My iPod (gotta love pockets) A leather duffle I was given for doing sound/lights on the David Letterman show back when I was in college Olivia's Razor Scooter Our bike rack 3 movies that we borrowed from the Library My FastLane/EZ-Pass box (happy I remembered to report it stolen) My bluetooth headset for my cell phone A whole bunch of graded homework and assignments that I hadn't returned to my students yet I guess I can kiss a new computer goodbye. I would rather take the car money from my upgrade fund than from my house fund. I have always bought cars outright. I have never financed one. And, I don't want to now. I want to keep my debt load clear and ready for a home. So, I guess I will comb craigslist and look for some for sale signs.