Well, I guess we have now been initiated into the ‘East Nashville Victims Club’. My Pathfinder was broken into yesterday while we were up in Hendersonville visiting with the mother-in-law. She took the Young Extroverted One to see Ratatouille.
Upon returning to our house we drove up our driveway and pulled in behind my car. This is when we noticed that the driver’s side door was ajar. I have been known to leave doors open and stuff so, at first I wasn’t too concerned. But, I then remembered that I had not even been in that car all day. Crap!
Sure enough upon further investigation (with my trusty 90+ pound dog at my side) glove compartment was open, old receipts strewn about and my iTrip Auto GONE! AAARRRRGGHH! They did all of this under the watchfull eye of the Buddy Christ on my dashboard! 
Eh, oh well. The radio was intact, my drawer full o’ change still full of change, the house untouched and the alarm still armed.
I admit it’s my fault that I didn’t lock the door. But, in order for someone to get to our backyard they have to walk up a shared driveway! The houses aren’t very far apart, mind you. Plus, after the deed they either have to jump a six foot high privacy fence or walk back down the shared driveway. That’s ballsy folks! At least, nobody was hurt (except the ability to listen to my iPod in the car) and I still have a CD player.
To whomever took my i Trip: I hope you’ll get a good price for it. I hope your short lived high was worth it and not tainted with some bad stuff. I’d like to believe that you needed to steal it so you could sell it and feed your baby. But, I’ve probably seen you on my street and you look like you don’t have a baby, or one you are feeding properly just so you can get high.
Perhaps you can take comfort in the fact that not locking your door probably saved you a broken window.
– fellow East Sider
I live over at tenth and boscobel and was broken into a couple of months ago (as well as two of my neighbors).
You’re actually probably lucky you left your car unlocked. At least you don’t have to deal witht he broken window. I never lock my car anymore and I never leave anything of value in it. Take the face of the stereo inside and let the thieves at it. I mean, I don’t mind someone rummaging through my car nearly as much as I mind the inconvenience of paying 200+ dollars to fix a broken window.