sunday notes

dear thieves, you sure threw off my week + upset me. i don't know why you shook me up so badly! i also don't know why the one night i somehow left things in the car, you decided to break my car windows and hit the jackpot with my wallet in the glove box with $800 in cash from selling furniture for our move...as well as all of our gift cards from our wedding on, with hundreds to pottery barn / nordstrom / anthropologie / williams sonoma / the list goes on...it made me sick to my stomach and was not the nicest welcome to the new neighborhood! all i could think about is how i should have spent my gift cards, should have deposited the cash right away, should have gone back out when i realized my wallet was in the car, etc... i was so upset and sad from the whole thing but i know you came along to teach me some lessons. after lots of thinking, here's what i've come up with: 

1) we're not always in charge or in control.. 

2)  bad things happen, they are just part of life.

3) more good things happen than bad things, don't take them for granted!

4) it's JUST money (and store credit...) i am lucky i am safe!

5) things are replaceable..people are not. 

6) we are so blessed in so many ways, i need to be more grateful for those things all the time and place less of an emphasis on money. 

7) maybe someone needed our money / my  coat / boots / everything more than we do. i hope so. this can be a reminder to be more giving + generous in my day to day life.

8) my husband has the best attitude and takes care of me. don't know what i'd do without him. he drove me to work that morning, let me cry, brought me lunch, and made me feel 10000000000000000000 times better.

9) staying positive in bad situations is a huge sign of character. 

10) as my mom always says, "it could be worse!!" it could be so much worse. i know we lost a lot of money but i know there are so many worse and harder things that happen to people and this is something that i can get over.

so, thieves...thanks for the lessons. enjoy shopping at anthro for me! ;)

dear husband, you are the best person in the world and i have never loved or appreciated you more than after this week.

dear spring, just yes.

dear visitors, keep coming!

dear san francisco, i still love you despite letting me down with the car break in this week. you have lots more pros than cons and we love our life here...now, no more break-ins! 

xo