The Blazer is Gone!

This is so crazy...Alden's blazer (his SUV) got stolen sometime on Wednesday. And we didn't even notice until Thursday afternoon. I don't remember if I saw it on Wednesday when I came home from work but I know it was not parked where I thought it was on Thursday morning when I left for work. I didn't think anything about it because if Alden goes anywhere he doesn't always get the same parking spot each time and sometimes he has to park up the hill when nothing is available close to the apartment. I guess I should clarify something. The apartment complex that I live in only gives you one parking space so Alden is nice and parks his blazer on the street so my car can be in the parking lot. The vehicle was recovered at 1:45 pm on Thursday and we realized it was missing at about 3:15 pm. It had been left in the middle of Culver Blvd. just north of the 90 freeway and CHP had it towed because it was blocking traffic. It was about 10 miles or so from where we last saw it parked on Overland where we live. When we went to the impound lot we saw that they had broken one of the side windows to get in and then jammed the steering column and ignition to get it started. They realized that there was a key to the ignition in the glove box AFTER they destroyed the ignition. So they stole the stereo (that didn't even work very well), a big tool box with just about every tool you could imagine in it and a big floor jack. In the process they tore the dash apart to get the stereo and wrecked the front bumper. There is a good chance that the insurance company is going to declare it a total loss because it is a 1994, but we finally had it running good and we can't afford another car payment. Alden may end up driving a little old car for a while, depending on how much we can get from the insurance company. I had to laugh to keep from crying. I am only allowed one nervous breakdown a week and that happened on Tuesday. It kind of bugged me that the police are so nonchalant about a stolen car. They wouldn't even make a police report until we forced them to for the insurance company. No finger prints were taken. They just don't care. They think there are more important things to worry about in this city, which there is, but this is important for us. The people or person that stole the blazer left a pen, a soda can and a car charger for a cell phone. They could have gotten good prints off those things. Once the police found out it wasn't stolen at gun point they didn't care anymore. Crazy! We should find out today if it is totalled or not. Until next time...