~Rollercoaster Day~

So yesterday was one of those days. You know, the ones where you would rather peel paint off the wall and eat it, shovel cow dung in the humid heat, or run with the bulls rather then do that day again? Oh yeah it was that eventful.

It started off with Randy getting ready to leave for work for four or five days. We were running around trying to find the last minute things. He took his stuff out to the work truck and came back in the house and asked me if I had dumped everything out of the console in the truck onto the seat. Of course I hadn't. So yes, wait for it, our truck was broken into and Randy's wallet stolen. (Yes he is a smart one who leaves his wallet in the truck all the freaking time!) Well that would be bad enough but it was made worse by the fact that they actually didn't have to break in to the truck, I had left it unlocked the night before. Not one of my finer moments I can assure you. I had come home last night flustered from a nightmarish trip to the grocery store and had my mind so wrapped up in what had happened there that I forgot to lock the doors. Nice.

So wallet gone. Truck a total messy disaster from stuff being rifled through. Not a good start. Plus I had to head to Mary's house to watch Cole for the day in like 15 minutes. So I called the police. They were closed, press 1 for an incident...okay. So then I get the police comedian of the year on the phone. When I told him that a wallet was stolen, his comment was "Well it wasn't that smart to leave a wallet there was it?" I said "Not very, but it wasn't mine" Then he said how did the get into the vehicle, I told him I left the doors unlocked, his comment?

"That wasn't very smart either eh?" Jeez, do you think? No I thought I could have a bum party in my SUV and have all my stuff stolen for fun, you idiot. Whatever. So then I called the bank and told them, Randy called his credit cards and all was fine. Just the pain of waiting to get them all replaced and hoping they hadn't used them yet. They also got all the change in our ashtray, probably about $30 or $40 bucks. I do think that that was pretty much it. They obviously didn't have an eye for quality though because they left Randy's Rayban sunglasses behind. Thank goodness, they were the most expensive thing in there.

So Randy spoke with the credit card bank and they hadn't used his Visa yet. My guess is that they don't look like the type of person that would be carting around a Gold Visa and that any stores that are open at night here probably know them and know that their name is not Randy. Sucks to be them...Randy hardly ever has cash in his wallet, and he didn't this time! Just some receipts and Blockbuster coupons.

So that was the stolen wallet. I head over to Mary's house, cringing the whole way because I want to bleach the entire SUV...get there, Cole is still in bed. No problem. He gets up, I start making him his breakfast. Eggs, bacon and half a bagel. I throw the bagel in the toaster, start the bacon and eggs and am chatting happily on the phone when the smoke detector goes off. Nice. So I start waving a towel in front of what I *think* is the smoke detector. Not working. So I start panicking. Mary's building is full of special needs and handicapped people so there is really only a small window of time to get it to turn off before the entire building alarms and the fire dept is sent out. So finally I realize that I am stupid and that the smoke detector is not the light on the wall but the disc on the roof. Yeah, I know, another of my less then stellar moments. Meanwhile I still don't know where the smoke is coming from. I've thrown the phone by now and am running around like a maniac trying to open windows, keep Cole calm and find the smoke. Finally the smell hits me...burning toast. What the? Why didn't it jump? So I pop the bagel out of the toaster, run it to the balcony and hurl it out into the field behind her house. (DOn't tell anyone K?) Cole didn't see me do it. Meanwhile the detector is going off again. Ethan is awake and scared by this time and Cole is yelling at me to turn it off and is fixing to melt down. So after about 10 minutes of running around like a crazy woman I got it figured out. So note to anyone visiting Mary: Her toaster does not pop...you have to pop it yourself. She says it is the best toaster ever. Wonder how much she would like one that actually WORKS!!!! I think I'll buy her one for Christmas...

Okay, round two for the day over. Then it was Ethan's turn. Cry, cry cry. All.day.long. My little boy will be welcoming a new arrival in the next few days. His cheeks and nose are so rosy red and you can feel a distinct bump in his mouth. So I'll get you some pics soon of that.

So after a long day at Mary's where I laid on the couch like a dishrag because I'm not feeling well, I headed home after supper. I just get in the door and get Ethan out of his carseat and the doorbell rings. I never answer the door if I'm not expecting someone unless I have my phone in my hand. Couldn't find it. I looked out the window and it was someone of lets just say a less fortunate nature. So I knew it was someone with Randy's wallet. I opened the door and asked him how I could help him. He asked if Randy lived there. I said yes, did you find something of his? He said I might have something of value for him. I said, do you have his wallet? He said he did and that he'd found it in the park near the public pool. I asked for it back. He made the comment that he had seen the picture of a baby in the wallet and thought Randy would want it back. I thanked him, said a few other things, took the wallet and closed the door. I called the police and told them, they were shocked. Between us we think that he possibly took the wallet himself and was angling for a reward for returning it. I didn't give him anything. Now I know that sounds bad but I trusted my instinct on it and didn't even offer. I didn't feel that he was honest about finding it and the manner which he was trying to make it about Ethans picture told me that he was angling for something. The last thing I need would be for someone making a business of ripping me, or someone else off, and then returning it for a reward. As for the wallet, everything was still in it with the exception of all the receipts and blockbuster coupons. Credit cards, debit cards, drivers license. health card, you name it, all there. I was so happy! The cards are all cancelled and useless anyhow but it feels good to know that Randy isn't at as much of a risk for identity theft. I will still pull his credit report in a month to check it out to be safe but I think we'll be fine. I'm hoping he learned his lesson about leaving the wallet in the truck. I've certainly been more diligent about locking doors.

So that was yesterday. Today could not possibly be any worse I'm sure.

I know I promised pictures a few days ago but I haven't had a chance to upload them off my camera. I'm at Mary's house all week and when I get home at night I've just been putzing around for a few minutes then going to bed cause I haven't been feeling well. Friday I'm at Mary's house all day and then I work at Reitmans that night from 6 to 10pm. That will be a long freaking day! Randy will be back on probably Saturday, if the weather holds out. But I'm off to make coffee for me and breakfast for my kiddos.