I walked into work today at my usual time, 0730.  I noticed that my laptop was not in the docking station, and my first thought was, "I don't remember taking that home."  Also, the monitor stand above the docking station (which does not, in fact, hold a monitor) was askew.  I told Kimmy (my office mate) that my computer was missing, and she said, "Maybe [our IS guy] took it to upgrade it?"  I thought it unlikely, but called his cell anyway.  He didn't have it, so I called our Facilities Manager.

Watergirl:  Hey [Facilities manager], it's Watergirl.  My computer has been stolen.
FM:  You're joking.
WG:  Yes, I called you on your cellphone at 0745 because Kimmy and I are playing a joke on you.

We thought until about 0830 that mine was the only one gone.  My office has an outside door to it through which many people pass, but it doesn't always latch.  I was thinking crime of opportunity.  However, as others started to come in, it turned out that more were missing. 

This bothered me a lot more that I would have thought that it would.  I didn't lose a lot of data, I was able to do labwork today, and it wasn't actually my computer.  Still, I was uneasy for most of the day.  I've forgotten my cellphone at work in the past; that could have been gone as well.  I sometimes work on the weekends, and now will every little noise make me jump?  I don't know.  I was angry at the person(s) who did this , and angry with myself because I knew that this could happen, but I didn't take my laptop home every night (as we are now supposed to do) because I got complacent.

Today was also a riding lesson.  I rode Bruno, who is a big 1250 pound baby.  We worked on pushing forward into the trot and making him light on the forehand, pretending that we could do canter pirouettes.  By the end of the ride, all was right again.