Physically, I'm fine. Emotionally and mentally; I'm a little distraught; though that seems to be decreasing every moment.
Anyone need more details?
Basically I purchased a used, 6 month old apple laptop computer from a classified ad I found on craigslist. The guy was supposedly a student and he needed a bigger screen and computer.
With the preamble above, I'm sure you've all guessed that the computer turned out to be stolen.
Basically, I brought it into the apple store because the DVD player wasn't working. Somehow the old user name came up, apple called them once the repair was done and the original owner called the police as it was stolen with other things from their apartment.
Original owner gets their computer back eventually, which is great because I had a wallet returned to me years ago from a New York City cab. Yes, New York City! The magnanimous cabbie actually called my credit card company, they called me and I got my cards and ID back. Amazing! Also, I hadn't noticed until my bank called so I didn't even go through the emotional turmoil of losing my wallet!
So, even though I'm screwed out of the money spent on the classified laptop, I'm doing a good deed by getting the original owner their property back.
Good karma vibes or something if you're into that.
If you're not, maybe you're into lemonade or lemon trees.
Now I'm a little embarrassed about a) my naïveté at buying and trusting from online classified ads, though I've never had anything like this happen before, and b) the fact that I was so disappointed & sad that I actually shed a few tears about this... Yes I cried over a stolen computer! It carries more financial weight than spilled milk, but requires less towels (and more money & FireWire cables) to clean up.
I've learned that if I allow myself to feel whatever I'm feeling about something, I'm able to let go and move on more quickly.
So I'm trying to make lemonade out of lemons, but I hope I'm leaning more towards planting a lemon tree for a lifetime of lemonade.
It would've been worse if I were personally robbed or hurt. I've still got my health and my practices and my sense of humor and though it's unlikely I'll buy anything over $50 on craigslist, lesson learned, I still genuinely see the good in people. In fact the detectives who are handling this have been extremely kind and understanding about the whole thing.
So... Lemon trees. I'm planting lemon trees.
