Last week, we got struck by a vicious crime:
Somebody kidnapped Jane!
Jane is (was?) our British friend whose disembodied voice lived in our car. She would give us helpful tips such as “Take a left on the motorway” or “Go straight on.” She was kind of annoying, though, always telling Jim to go a certain direction, when, as Passenger Extordinaire/Super Navigator, I was trying to tell him to go a different way. We duked it out on occassion, but came to a gradual, friendly understanding. We were happy to have her.
But Tuesday morning, some jerk broke the window on our Audi and stole our GPS Navigation unit. They also stole our (new) stereo and Jim's (old, expensive) sunglasses.
And not only that? They kidnapped David Sedaris, too!! For an early birthday gift, Rachel had just given me his new book on CD. And we had listened to the first CD on the way home from the beach house last weekend. So, Disc #1 was still sitting in the CD player when it was stolen. ... But the good news?
They didn't actually steal the box set of CD's. And in order to play David Sedaris, we had to take out another CD: “Adam's Soundtrack: Excess Ain't Rebellion.” This is an extremely limited-edition disc, sure to be worth a killing on the black market. And, by some strange luck, it's still in my posession. So now I'll always be able to listen to my friend Adam's favorite tunes from 2007. Yay! :-)