One more for the diary....

Once in a while you need to be reminded that it could be you! Day after day we notice things around us, or hear about someone to whom something bad happened; and although we react adversely at times to what we may see or hear, somewhere deep inside we all are a little smug about the fact that it dind't happen to us! Yes, we all feel invincible until the inevitable.......my inevitable came last weekend.

Usually I am very careful about my car, where I park it, how I drive it, the whole 9 yards, but somehow last week I was a little aloof about the fact that my car had been parked on unchartered territory by a good friend who had borrowed it and decided to park it there as no other spot was available. Normally I would have been high strung about this, but the luxury of not having to move it until the following Monday caught me a little off-guard and temptation got the better of me (Alternate side parking CAN be very frustrating!). Anyways, on saturday I was all set to drive to Fire Island with some friends and as we walked to the car, I unlocked it only to hear 3 beeps, which meant something was wrong. I immediately peeped in and saw broken glass; as I ran to the other side I noticed the dashboard had been ripped open and the stereo had been stolen. An uneasy feeling sunk into my stomach and gut,as I was trying to come to terms with what had just happened!

Eventually after all the knitty gritties were sorted out, I did come to terms with what had happened, but learnt a valuable lesson.....because nothing has happened to you in a long time, don't get careless; it always pays to be careful and alert about what's going on around you!