A Beautiful Day!

If you read my post from Monday you read about the incident of my car getting broken into and the Gps getting stolen. This morning while getting ready to go rehab, a Det. called me from Durham Police Dept. and said they had located 4 Gps units that had been pawned. He asked me for some more information about the Gps and said he was going out to the pawn shops to gather info. from the alleged stolen Gps'. Later this afternoon while I was at the fitness center I received a call from the Det. again and he had located our Gps and wanted to know how he could get it delivered to me, since we were from out of town. That was nice because without a Gps we may have never found the police dept., lol! I told him I was at Duke's fitness center and he said he was less than ten minutes away and he would bring it to me. He was a very nice officer who shook my hand when we met and shook it again when he left. Thank You Det. B for a job well done! All I had to do was sign a piece of paper showing that I had claimed my stolen property and away he went. It was awesome that not only the Gps itself was recovered, but the windshield mount, and car charger was also with it. I asked the detective if they knew who did it and he said "oh yes, and they will be arrested". They broke my window and stole my Gps and pawned it for $25.00. The gps cost $150 and the window replacement was $240. I'm thankful we got the gps back, that saves us another 150, but to do all that damage, physically to my car, and mentally to my mind for $25 bucks? That's pitiful.
The replacement windshield came in and was installed. It looks great. Lets just hope no one else gets the bright idea to steal other people's property. If they do, they won't get anything valuable out of my car because anything of value will be inside my apt. with me or in my purse if I'm out and about.
Rehab went good today too. The weather was beautiful so it was a beautiful day. It also turned out to be a beautiful day to my mind. It's nice to have things turn out great!
Word to a thief in Durham: Better think twice cause the Durham PD will find you and the goods you stole!

Keep Thinking Positive Thoughts

I haven't had anything really interesting to post lately. I've just been going through the motions, dr appts., rehab, grocery store, etc. same ole same ole. Well, this past Saturday me and hubby decided we were going to go to the movies Sunday afternoon (when there are less people in order to avoid a crowded theatre). Great Idea! I was looking forward to it. At 7:30 Sunday morning the front desk called, but I didn't answer. I checked the message when I got up about 9:00 that informed me I needed to contact the front desk. Turned out my car had gotten broken into early Sunday morning about 4am. They broke out the front passenger window and stole the Gps. They also rummaged through the glove box and the console, but didn't get anything else, thankfully. I've had an experience as a child with our car getting stolen and I'm very thankful they weren't interested in Grand Larceny. We weren't the only vehicle that was hit. There were three others in the appt. complex and one in the hotel right beside this place. They only took the Gps from each vehicle. It won't happen again! We bought another Gps and it will go inside when we go inside, whether it be at home, the mall, the grocery store, walmart, whereever! It won't be left in the car for sure. Luckily we are located close to an automotive shop that is going to have a replacement window tomorrow morning. About the movie, I wasn't in the mood after seeing my car violated and dealing with the police and filing a report. We ended up going to walmart for a gps and groceries, then hung out in the apt. the rest of the day. Bummer of a day, but it could be worse!

On another note, I enjoyed having dinner with my transplant family this evening. Three nights a week the apt. serves dinner and we all get together and have a great social. It's great having people to talk to that know what you are talking about and are going through. I also went today to see the doctor that is going to be doing my stomach wrap or Nissen Wrap. This is a surgery Duke is doing based on research that shows people with acid reflux could easily aspirate into their new lungs causing rejection. This surgery will prevent that from happening. I'm not looking forward to it, but I'm ready to get it over with. Surgery is scheduled for Friday. One more step on the road to getting back home!!!