Happy new year everyone. The start of 2013 did not bode well for me... I came home at 4am on New Year's Eve to find my back door window smashed and my apartment burgled. They took my laptop and brand new digital camera (both literally just paid off in November), along with a film camera, my Kindle, a beautiful new leather bag my brother bought for me in Florence, and an antique amethyst and white gold ring (an heirloom from my mother). They also took a bottle of alcohol, so I'm thinking it was either a teenager or a junkie. My neighborhood police recognized the footprint (thank you Montreal snow!) so there is a very slim chance they'll catch him eventually, but as of now I am writing almost everything off, although I'm haunting Craigslist and will be making the rounds of pawn shops over the next few days. Unfortunately I didn't have insurance; blame it on the false sense of security that comes from living in a peaceful, quiet neighborhood.
It's been a rough few days. Massive hangover + holiday exhaustion + sense of personal invasion + anxiety about how to replace everything = numb and depressed me. Add to this the fact that I have to start apartment hunting and packing up (I'm being evicted from my home of 6 years because my landlord's son is taking over the apartment), and it becomes clear that blogging will have to take a back seat for the next month or so. Without a camera or internet/photoshop access at home it won't really be possible to keep up.
I will still be participating in Amy's bra making sewalong and I have a few projects I'll be working on over the next few months but my ability to post will be severely limited, so please excuse any silence on this front for the next little while.
Hope to be back once I replace my camera and laptop. I hope the rest of you had a restful and happy holiday.
Lord, that is crappy! So sorry to hear about this start to your year. But hey, let's say that it can only get better from here...
ReplyDeleteHow awful, sorry to hear that. Hope your year gets better fast.
ReplyDeleteOh no! How awful! I hope they catch the person! Sending good wishes your way! Hugs....
ReplyDeleteFUCK! This makes me so MAD and SAD! I hate that your things were taken and that your sense of security has been compromised! I wish you luck with catching the bastard that did this!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry! I had my house robbed a few years ago and lost all my heirloom jewelry too. I felt so violated and hurt. Hope you are able to feel better soon...wishing you the best. xox, rachel
ReplyDeleteNot that is any consolation, but I'm glad you were not home when it happened and are safe. Hopefully, you'll at least get your ring back as that is not replaceable. Wishing your new year turns around and great things come your way from now on :)
ReplyDeleteOh my! Here's to hoping things start looking up... And quickly! I agree with Arellis - so glad you weren't home!
ReplyDeleteDude, wtf! I am SO sorry, that seriously blows beyond words! I've had more friends robbed in Chicago than one should have (though luckily it's never been me) and it's so hard when someone invades your home and personal space like that. A few friends moved because they just never felt comfortable again so at least you'll be doing that. What a shit ass way to start 2013, going to be sending lots of positives vibes your way. UGH!!!
ReplyDeleteOh no! I'm so, so sorry Heather...this is such a terrible blow! I sincerely hope you can somehow recover all these valuable belongings in some way or another. My heart goes out to you, but I know you'll be back better and stronger lady ;o)
ReplyDeleteThat sucks! I know what you mean about the sense of invasion. Someone stole the catalytic converter off our truck a year ago, and it's such an icky feeling... to feel like your home isn't quite safe and you can't trust people. You should definitely think about renter's insurance. It will give you peace of mind next time you have to leave your house.
ReplyDeleteArgh, that's a terrible way to start the year. I live out in the West Island and have such a false sense of security that I've been known to leave my keys in the door overnight....I've just been lucky because friends and neighbours have been burgled of all their technology. Small silver lining that you weren't home when there was a junkie breaking in - could have been dangerous.
ReplyDeleteWhat neighbourhood are you looking in and when do you need to move? I may have a friend who knows of something coming up.
How horrible. I'm so sorry! Here's to hoping you can track some things down, especially the ones that were gifts. Wishing you better luck going forward in 2013. At least you still have your sewing machine...? :(
ReplyDeleteOh no Heather! I am so sorry to hear that 2013 decided to make its debut in such a horrible way...I hope you can somehow locate your heirloom ring, and that the police are somehow able to find the dude! My best wishes that things start looking up soon...take all the time you need to recover.
ReplyDeleteHeather I'm so sorry to hear such a thing happened to you, that is indeed a terrible way to start off the new year and I hope that this will get sorted out better than you seem to hope there is currently.
ReplyDeleteUgh. I have a theory: you didn't have enough shittiness in 2012 and the luck goddess noticed this on 31 December. To avoid having to give you a shitty 2013, she gave you all the shittiness before the stroke of midnight. Now you will find a new apartment with a phenomenally good looking roommate who is a masseuse with great taste in wine, the student-junkie will get some kind of mutant herp which makes his/her ears turn purple and grow to the painful size of steering wheels, and you will be blessed with finding criminally cheap, good quality fabric for the rest of the year. Fingers crossed! xx
ReplyDeleteAww you poor thing.
ReplyDeleteI'm so SO SO sorry. I wish I could wrap you in a huge bear hug, hunt down the bastard who did this to you, karate chop him in the neck, steal all your stuff back and help you pack like a champ. Being forced to move is hard enough, no need to add insult to injury by feeling personally violated. Hang in there. I'm hoping that this is your dosing of bad luck for the year and from here on out it will easy breezy lemon squeezy.
ReplyDeleteoh no heather! that sucks! keep checking pawn shops, even ones farther away from your neighborhood. a punk kid might be able to pawn off one thing but a bunch of expensive stuff might look suspicious to a pawn shop owner so the thief might have to go to a few places. i hope you get your stuff back!!
ReplyDeleteOh Heather!! I'm so sorry to hear this!!! I'll be praying for you! HUGE hugs!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry you've had such an awful experience. Take good care of yourself. I've got fingers and toes crossed that you find your things.
ReplyDeleteOh Heather dear, what a horrible thing! I know how violated you must feel--I hate thievery. Hate hate it. We also had a break-in last year--lost brand new ipad, laptop, yadda yadda. They did end up on Craigslist but were gone within an hour. But I know the inherited things have more heart value and that really hits. (My theory is that it's always related to drug money somehow.) I hope you get your stuff back, or at the very least have some angels gift you seven times what you lost. Hugs hugs hugs
ReplyDeletedamn.. that's just horrible.. what a way to start a year.. hope you get your stuff back, somehow.. at least you still have your sewing machine.. i'm still on my holiday break, hope same thing doesn't welcome me, when i get back home
ReplyDeleteOh, gosh, I'm just so very sorry. Here's hoping that you find a new (and better!) place soon... at least your new apartment will be free of these shitty vibes/memories. :(
ReplyDeleteDamn I'm so sorry. That is terrible. Hang in there - you will be missed but it's completely understandable. My significant other's bag was stolen last year with his deceased father's wedding ring in it - those are the things that are definitely the most brutal to lose. And that really make you hate the f*&^ing assholes that do things like that.
ReplyDeleteOh how awful, i'm so sorry to hear. I hope your new place brings you security and happiness and I hope they catch those burglers and your things too..
ReplyDeleteOh Heather, that is awful -- I haven't been online much lately and *just now* saw this post. I'm really sorry...but also excited for you, now that I have read your most recent post. xx
ReplyDeleteso sorry to hear about the burglary!! :(
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