We got home from Towersey Village Festival on Tuesday utterly knackered, house a tip from the haphazard packing we'd done, got takeaway, had a few ciders as we had the next day off, then went to bed. Unfortunately, although we'd closed the living room window, we hadn't secured the latch properly. So in the night someone got in and nicked the laptop, the Xbox (with some games) and the kinect. Annoying. They didn't come upstairs though so no-one was hurt and I was inclined to feel as though they must have been desperate and only taken high value items that they could easily sell.
Then I discovered they'd taken the new watch my in-laws had given me for my birthday. Pretty upsetting, but understandable I suppose. However, my husband now can't find his wedding ring and we're worried they got that. Just to clarify, neither of us like wearing rings in hot weather and tend to take them off at home. But the ring cost all of £25 so I find it even more upsetting as it's worth nothing to them and everything to us. It looks like they got my favourite bag too, but again it only cost £12.
I suppose my point is that I hope it does them some good, and I hope they really needed the money. We'll claim on the insurance (minus £200 excess) and get more stuff, but we won't be able to get that ring back. It's hard to forgive people when they've taken from you and of course we have reported it to the police who took fingerprints and everything, but we still have each other and our families so they have no power to really hurt us. I do struggle with these things though, and it's brought on a few really low moods, but I think that's underlined the fact that I need to get my arse in gear and sort out my spiritual life so that I have more resilience and inner reserves when stuff like this happens.
More than anything else, I'm determined not to let it colour my view of humanity. People are sometimes desperate, especially in hard economic times.
One blessing in disguise, at least we won't have any distractions so will have to play more music! They didn't nick the instruments, even the valuable ones!
Love and kisses,
H.
