Reunited but broke

Well, I finally got my car today. It is insured (with theft coverage!). I just looked out my apartment window and so far so good - it's still there.

In total, the repairs cost over $1,300. I am pretty much broke.

The thieves took almost everything from the car (which luckily wasn't a lot). But I had to laugh because it was some really random stuff - like laundry detergent and a jar full of pennies. They stripped my cd/radio so there's a big hole in the dashboard area and they also took my cds. Most of them were backed up on my iPod, but not all. Un/fortunately they left a pair of underwear in the backseat. (In my defense, I believe the underwear must have fallen out of my laundry bag when I drove my car to the laundromat.)

I said this before, but this whole experience has taught me a lot. I have a few things to add to my previous list of lessons learned: get theft coverage on your car insurance; do not keep your car title in the glove compartment; always have money saved for emergencies. It's stuff you hear but it's actually true.

My next step is getting renter's insurance. Holy crap, I'm a grown up.

Sunday Kind of Love

Sorry I haven't been updating but there isn't a whole lot to say. I still don't have my car back; the repairs were getting finished up this weekend. If all goes as planned, I'll finally get it on Tuesday. I'm enjoying a lazy weekend with the roommates. We've just been watching tv and movies and hanging out. On Friday night, I did go see "Gone Baby Gone" with my friend Jayme from work. It was filmed in Boston, and takes place in Dorchester, one of Boston's "toughest 'hoods" (and coincidently where my car was found). Anyway, I really enjoyed the movie. I recommend it to anyone who likes a good crime mystery. I need to clean my room today!!

A mid-day update

Make that $800. Needs new locks.

Hark!

My car has been "recovered." It was, in fact, stolen. Missing: CD player and battery. Damaged: ignition. Estimated cost for towing and repair (not including a new CD player): $500.

Grrrrrrr.

snow storm part two

Well, it snowed all night and morning and of course, the city freaked out again. There was a car patrolling the streets at 2 a.m. with a weird siren/alarm and a man yelling into a foghorn for people to move their cars. At least I didn't have to bother.

Equal Exchange is closed today because of the snow so I have the day off! It was a very nice surprise. Tiffiney is home too because her school is closed as well. (Vanessa is currently on a cross-country road trip with her boyfriend.)

Let's see... I had a good weekend! I spent Friday night at home with Tiffiney and Doug (her boyfriend) and we watched the first few episodes of the tv show "Heroes." We really liked it. On Saturday I did some laundry and then we watched more "Heroes." On Sunday, Tiffiney cooked us a delicious breakfast - ham, poached eggs and French toast. Then I headed into Cambridge to see a movie with my friend Jayme from work. We saw "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly." It is a French film based on a book (a true story) and actually it just won the Golden Globe for best foreign film. It was very inspiring.

Then I met up with one of Vanessa's friends, Emilee. We got dinner at a Mexican restaurant, had a cup of coffee and then went to see a movie. (Yes, that was two in one day for me - but I love films!) We saw "I'm Not There" - the movie based on Bob Dylan. It was definitely entertaining and interesting and made me want to know more about the real Bob Dylan.

All of the things I watched this weekend had themes of reinventing oneself. In some ways, I feel like I'm doing just that here in Boston. Every day is a new opportunity for reinvention.

Weekend update

I guess I haven't really updated much lately. I spent New Years Eve with Vanessa and four of her friends. They had a hotel room in Boston for the night (one of them works at the hotel) and we ordered $90 worth of Chinese food. We played board games and it was all pretty laid back. It was nice though. The photo on the right is a big ice sculpture outside the Chinese restaurant.

I forgot to mention that I recently saw the movie "Juno." It was quite charming. (And, by the way, my roommate Vanessa went with me so it was my first movie in Boston with another person, haha.)

This weekend was relaxing and fun. On Friday, I had my 3-month review at Equal Exchange. I received really positive feedback and it made me want to work even harder. It was nice to hear such great things. Then I came home and had dinner with Tiffiney, Vanessa, and two of Vanessa's friends, Emliee and Alana (we hung out with them on New Year's Eve). We made turkey burgers and sweet potato fries and had blueberry pie for dessert. Then we played a board game and drank some wine. It was a fun, low-key girls' night. I spent all day Saturday finishing The Golden Compass (book one of the His Dark Materials series). It was such a good book! I really enjoyed it. Then Tiffiney and I watched the New Hampshire debates, but I won't say anything about that (yet) except that it was frustrating and depressing.

On Sunday, I went downtown with Tiffiney while she did a little shopping. I got The Subtle Knife, book two of the His Dark Materials series. Then I split from Tiffiney and went and saw "The Golden Compass" since it is still in the theater. I found the movie to be visually cool but ultimately I get too invested in books to really enjoy their film adaptations - unless they are almost entirely true to the book (which this was not).

I am very busy at work this week - there is much to do now that the holidays are over and we're getting back into the swing of things.

I feel like I had more I wanted to say but I can't think of anything else right now. Have a good week!

Oh, and my car is still gone.

I moved to the arctic

I just wanted to point out that the temperature currently feels like -13. IT IS FREEZING.