Well, tonight my car was stolen from my apartment complex parking lot. As I sit here trying to gather my thoughts, trying to make sense of everything, I find myself feeling exhausted. While having your car stolen sucks, in itself it is manageable. I have insurance, so it will be covered. I have gap insurance so don’t have to worry there either. My personal property inside the car will be covered by my renters insurance. Seems like everything will be covered so only my time is lost right? Wrong! I was only 12 months from paying the car off, now I am faced with either buying a new car starting from month zero, or invest in a car that is paid for but I will have repairs done to it every so often to keep it running. I know I can here you say, you can get lucky and get a good used car cheep that won’t need work, but let’s be honest. My luck is not good as of right now. But is only a one car you say….oh no, this is just the latest in a string of events in my life that have all but driven me to the brink. In short, I have been battling personal demons for over 4 years now and while I am on the winning side of this battle it has taken a toll on me. My daughter turned out to be a heroin addict, and before I realized it she had stolen everything should could from my home tools, jewelry, money, prescription drugs, or anything that wasn’t noticeable right away. My son is autistic; I know this in itself is not a bad thing. It does however bring it own type of stress when dealing with it. There are other issues, but I think you get the point. It is not anyone thing, but combinations of several that are beating me down. I guess I need to find the Brightside in all of this; I am just having a very difficult time doing this. I just feel so tired, so very tired. Like with all things I will come through this, I just hope God understands I have reached my breaking point, and in turn I need a break.
sorry to hear bruh. sometimes it's good to vent. maybe they will find the car, you reported it stolen right?
Yea, I reported it, to the insurance to. Still have to deal with them some more in the moring. Venting does that, thats why I did it. Thanks for listening
The bright spot in this is that you and your family weren't car jacked. I know your personal property got stolen and you feel violated, but believe me things will get better. I didn't have my car stolen, but I am going through an awful lot now with family, and one section in the warehouse is not doing well at work, along with my boss and fellow supervisor have been out all week so everything has been on my shoulders to ensure things get done still. Know this when you get out of bed and your feet hit the floor it is a new day. No matter what happened the day before the slate is wiped clean. Keep the faith Semper Fi! Prayers and thoughts go out to you.
Don't hesitate to contact a therapist or psychologist either, they might be able to help you deal with some of the mental fatigue. I don't know if being in the military or being a vet you may have access to some of that stuff for free or at a good discount, but look into it bro. Sometimes it can be good to talk with a person who can help you through it. Failing that, if you go to church you can always have a chat with your priest/pastor as well. I don't know what your finances are like, but maybe once you settle the whole car thing, it might be a good idea to take a vacation. Spend a week at an all expenses paid spot and just relax, chill out and consume lots of margaritas or something. Bad luck will only last so long!
sorry to hear about the car. that really sucks. Just have to keep it all in perspective. The car being stolen is relatively insignificant (for the reasons you stated) compared to the other demons you are facing with your daughter and all the extra work you have to do to take care of your son. I can sympathize, having an autistic child myself. Also have had my house robbed and car pilfered. It's frustrating as hell. I also had a junkie stepsister steal all the remaining possessions I had from my deceased mother. Anger doesn't begin to describe what I felt. But it gets better. Just keep your chin up and roll with the punches. that's what a good dad is suppposed to do.
Sorry to hear that man. I know it's not much but if you ever need someone to listen and vent or whatever I am here. I know you don't know me that well but I am here if you ever need.
Sorry to hear about your situation. I know I overuse this particular quote from Henry Ford, but it is one of my favorites: “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” Hang in there, it will get better.
sorry to hear this bro. I know you've been struggling with a lot lately, but I admire you for keeping on keeping on man, with the attitude you do. You're doing better then you think you are man. Contact me if you need anything. Maybe I'll mail you some beer lol
*UPDATE* I guess someone thought it would be funny or was being a real bastard, but they called the main office telling them that they were me. Then he told them that a car was illegally parked in his spot and described my car. So the office had my car towed. I would really like to know who did this so I can thank them properly! On the Brightside, I did get my car back with everything intact.
Huzaah! You have your car back with the added bonus of now having someone [Mr/Ms "Parking Spot"] to (discretely) unleash the fury upon!
wow, what a jackass. but given my complete lack of faith in the human race, it doesn't seem surprising that someone would do that
On the flip side (not to belittle your towing incident), a funny experience I had several years ago in San Fran. The day before my best friends wedding, his car was towed. So we went down to the impound lot to get it out and we were stuck in line behind a real obnoxious A--hole that starts cursing at the woman behind the desk (like it was her fault that his car was gone). After getting all worked up about how his car should not have been towed, she looked up his license plate and politely told him "sir, your car was not towed, it must have been stolen". The a--hole was speechless and everyone there in line had a huge sh-t-eating grin on their face. kind of the opposite of your story.
"True strength is being able to hold it all together when no one would blame you for falling apart." See, I'm not always an a$$hole
Eh that could work or we can just hold down the punk who did it while US Army gets a few shots in? Thats kinda like therapy and payback in one! Glad things worked out bro!
I don't have the time or resources, and I think the police have more to worry about than this. They see it as I got my car back, no harm no foul. Can't blame em.
