Lucky

I’m a lucky guy.

Tuesday began in a crappy way.  The night before, my car was broken into and someone stole my $250 GPS unit off the front windshield.  The thief was smart enough to knock down most of the shattered glass so as to make it not obvious that the window was broken.  It took me until I was 10 feet away to notice it.  The thief even reached in and took the power plug out of the cigarette lighter.  The thief ignored the CDs (an “unreleased” U2 album, in fact!).  But all, in all, I’m super lucky.

I’m lucky the thief didn’t look into the back seat and see the much more expensive tripod on the floor.  And I’m lucky the thief didn’t pop the trunk and take the 8-channel sound mixer I’d used the previous two weeks while doing tech. support for conferences.  I’m lucky I was close to DDH and could use the House’s shop vacuum to get most of the glass out of my car.  I’m lucky that Bruce, DDH’s maintenance guru and groundskeeper, knew of a place called Fernandez’s.

I’d link to this place, but they don’t have a web site.  In fact, I was having a horrible time finding their number on Google Maps.  But I knew they were at 51st and Ashland in Chicago.  So I went to the Google Maps street view option and used the traffic cameras to look at the side of their building, which conveniently had their number.  Then I called them and they said they only had a new one in stock; only a new one?  Sounded great to me!  They fixed the window in about 60 minutes and it only cost $100!  $100 for window and installation; they’re incredible!

I’m still a little irked about the window, but thankful I’m lucky and that neither I nor the thief were hurt by the glass.