oh i’ve been through the desert on a horse with no legs

i am bummed.

my bike was stolen today.

it was last seen at 1:30pm, locked in a bike rack by Burgess Hall (where I work). but by 4:30pm when i was ready to leave work for an enjoyable ride home… i walked outside and it was nowhere to be found.

eric got there right away as i called the Bradley police and reported it. and we even drove around and looked for it for about 30 minutes. but no luck.

angrily, i kind-of hope that whoever stole it feels really guilty and just brings it back to me tomorrow. oh that would be so great if i went to work tomorrow and it was back in the bike rack!

or maybe whoever took it really needed a bike.

but still. it was my bike, man!

oh whyyy did i have to ride my bike to work today, and whyyy didn’t i better secure the lock, and whyyyy didn’t i check on my bike between 1:30 – 4:30pm?

argh.

eric made me feel tons better and was really sweet. as soon as i called him, he dropped everything and got to Bradley within minutes! (he didn’t even flush the toilet, we later found out.)

he calmed me down and reminded me that it was just a bike — just a thing — and it wasn’t going to last forever anyway. and even though he spent so much money on it, and bought it for me for my birthday, he was so sweet and sad for me tonight.

i’m glad he is my man.

i am so lucky.

i have so much.

thank you God that it was only a bike.

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