The TRUCK!!

Remember when I said that I had seen what must have been a Great Horned Owl on February 14? Remember when I said, that within a 6 week period, a "big change" would probably occur? Ready for this?

Friday night / Saturday morning (March 17th / 18th)...

OUR TRUCK GOT STOLEN!! From right in front of our house! With the streetlight shining on it.

At 8 Saturday (yesterday) morning, I stuck my head out the front door to get the newspaper... and I'm sure I had that shocked look on my face when you can't believe what you AREN'T seeing - the truck wasn't there!! You look. And look again. And then I woke up poor Dave. SHIT, SHIT, SHIT!! Someone "walked" off with our truck!! What the hell? It's just a basic truck. No fancy dancy stuff. Just a '92 GMC blue truck with a Chevy front end (courtesy of Dave working in a body shop). With the bench seat in the back - what do they call those? A crew cab? A club cab? Anyway. Just am/fm radio. No power windows. Just a good truck. CRAP!! With a really good freakin tool box in the box. With my wood splitter in it. And tarps. DAMN!

Now what are we going to use for going to the mountains?? My itty bitty Grand Prix? Which, by the way, was parked right in front of the truck. Damn, they could have taken it!! My God, that car is cursed - hit last year 3 times in 3 months. At speeds less than 5 km. Lots of cosmetic work got done. Oh, and by the way - all THREE hits were by MEN!! LOL

Anyway, the truck! It was great for getting my sons, those big kids of mine. And ALL their gear! For camping - I'm a Tenter, so lots of space in the box for the tent, the tarps, the rubbermaid containers w/food, etc. Getting my BIG shale type rocks from the mountains. Even to go visit anyone, room for BIG Gracie and little Shannon. Not the truck!!!

Dave says it's nothing to take a hammer and smash out the ignition, and then use a screwdriver to start it. Like I would know how to do that! Obviously someone who's done it before. But how nervy of them. Right on the street. Right across the street from a street light shining on it! They didn't break the window (no glass on street), so Dave's not sure how they opened the door. Altho there are those metal sliders that the tow truck drivers use to unlock the door when you lock your keys in your vehicle...

So YES, this is a BIG CHANGE for me!! For us!! The owl warned... Man, if it wasn't for bad luck, we wouldn't have ANY luck at all!! Happy St. Paddy's Day, eh?