Don't Leave Your Gym Bag on the Back Seat

My first 'adventure' came before GF and I were together, and it wasn't much fun (and cost me a couple hundred bucks.

We all Know not to leave 'valuables' and such in plain view in our cars. And yet, one night, as my car was parked at work and I was frequenting a downtown bar with some friends, I absent-mindedly left my gym bag on the back seat of my car.

So of course, when I walked back into the garage around midnight, ready to head home and get some much-needed sleep before heading to work the next day, two cops were standing next to my car, leaving a note on the driver's side window.

They were about to walk away when they saw me approaching my car and asked if it was mind. 'Your car was broken into,' they told me. Someone had broken out the passenger-side vent window in my 2001 Saturn SL2 in an attempt to open the door. This, of course, set off my car alarm which caused the police to show up. Fortunately, aside from a broken window, nothing else was damaged or stolen. Although if they'd really wanted the semi-damp swimsuit and dirty underwear in my gym bag, they'd have been welcome to it.

I was mostly annoyed about the fact that I then had to call the insurance company in the middle of the night and find someone who could come replace the window. And, of course, since it would be two days before I could actually get the window replaced and not wanting to have my car parked in the structure with one window, no matter how small, knocked out, I also needed to a) tape up my window and b) find a friend to give me a ride into work in the morning.

Suffice to say, it was not a pleasant experience, but certainly not the worst of my life. I did learn two things:

1. Don't leave your gym bag sitting on your back seat. Put it in the trunk. (Okay, I already knew that one, but it bears repeating.)

2. If you're going to be up until 2 am sorting things out anyway, you might as well stay at the bar with your friends.