Sometime last night, probably while I was logging in here, person or persons unknown (aka %$#&^#$*!&*#s) "liberated" my daughter's new bike from where it was locked to the railing outside my front door. Don't know how they cut the lock cable because they took that with them too. My bike? Not touched. There was not a mark on the lock cable.
The bike I've been trying to give away... the *unlocked* bike I've been trying to give away?
Completely ignored by the blanketyblank *kittens*.

I woke in the night and heard it raining, so when I got up this morning, I decided to look out the window. Lo and behold! Big empty space where there used to be a bike. I was dressed in the height of fashion - t-shirt, undies, and a toothbrush in my mouth. I went rushing outside,(like I was going to be able to do something about it, right?), muttering imprecations against whoever took the bike, all of their ancestors and included their descendants. Stomping back inside, still turning the air blue around my head, I finished getting dressed, got my lunch together, and sat down at the computer to fill out an online police report (for all the good *that's* going to do). By the time I finished, I looked at my watch and "Expletive deleted!
I've missed my *kitten* bus!" Had to drive to work. Forgot to tell Aislinn I was driving when I told her bike was gone, so when she took Sienna for a walk, she saw my truck gone and immediately called me. I was already in court so called her back a couple of hours later. She said she'd finally read my FB post, but she hadn't earlier when she'd noticed my truck was missing. All she could think was oh no, they took the truck too.

Luckily, sort of, the bike is covered by my renter's insurance, but not sure it's worth filing a claim because of my deductible. So, I'm going to take the only picture I have of the bike in to a bike store tomorrow to see if someone there can tell me what a comparable bike is and how much one would cost. Then I'll have to determine if it's worth filing a claim to try to replace of if I should just suck it up with the one I was going to give away so Aislinn can use my bike when we ride together. Which is probably what I'll end of doing because, frankly, I can't afford the deductible. I wanted to get a road bike in the next year or so. This might move that time up a little.

I said above that it may have happened while I was logging in here last night. I heard people out there. Laughing, talking. I thought it was the neighbors, although there were a few other weird sounds, but I didn't really register it at the time. Sienna barked a little but not that much. I didn't get up and look. And I'm as angry at myself for that as I am at the buttheads that took the bike.

Enough of my whinging. I now return you to your regularly scheduled UAC posts.

BTW, I put all the *kitten*s in myself.