Hello everyone, it has been such a long time for me not posting on Steemit. I have been quite busy with school work, but the main reason for not posting was that my laptop was stolen. My parents’ bought us new laptops for Christmas. I was so thankful and excited to have this new laptop.
I was just starting to build a reputation on Steemit, and regularly posted, but on 23 December my life changed. I woke up the next morning to see my dog, Jaguar behaving very strangely. I thought that he might have eaten a frog, as he often chases frogs around at night. I fed him, and even gave him some gravy on his to make his food taste better. He was not interested at all.
He did not want to eat the whole day, so I thought that he was just not hungry. Later that day we went to the beach and went fishing and when I got back, we had a braai.
At about six in the afternoon I noticed he was vomiting everywhere. I gave him some glucose, and he started to look better. We had our dinner, watched some television and went to sleep. I was worried about my dog, so I made him sleep with me. At about eleven o clock that night, my mom woke me up. She said that the dog was really sick and she was worried that the dog might die. She told me that they were rushing to the vet, and I had to come with for support.
The vet was wonderful. She was waiting for us at the door, and carried him inside. We left him there after the Vet put him on a drip. I was sad to leave him, but knew it was the best for him. When we arrived home, my mom’s bedroom door was open. It was strange at the time, because we never leave the sliding door open. We then saw that the doors of all the cupboards had been opened, and all my mom’s jewellery was stolen.
With further investigation, we realized that all the new laptops were stolen too, and also all the phones and tablets. We immediately phoned the police and they were there in a flash. We were the third house broken into that night. The thieves stole a car at another house and made a terrible accident. The police caught one of four thieves, but did not find any of the stolen goods. Two days later we went to fetch my dog, and he was looking much better. He was still drinking a lot of water because he was dehydrated. I sat with him and helped him drink. He was very weak. Later during the day the dog got weaker, and was unable to stand. My dog was dying. I cried myself to sleep that night as there was nothing else that we could do but to let him go. I cried myself to sleep. He passed away in the arms of my stepfather.
It took three months for the insurance to pay out. My Steemit account was saved on my old laptop that was now in someone else possession. After we received the money, we went to buy new laptops for the second time. I was not motivated to do anything and just focused on schoolwork. My mom, @giantbear tried to motivate me to continue with Steemit, but I was not willing to restart a new account.
Yesterday my mom called me to see if she can help me to find my password. We checked everywhere and guess what? We found it!!! I am so happy to be back here, and would love your support again.
What a horrible sequence of events! I've written my password a few times, and put them in different places. Don't stop writing because you write beautifully.
So sad about what happened with your dog and the break in, but glad you're back here to share what you write!
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Shame for thieves.... I happy you have new laptop and your dog is okay. Just keep steem on and welcome back ! :)
Welcome again @littlebear.. :)
Bummer about the dog and the theft. But glad you found your PW. Welcome back!
This is really very sad, thanks for sharing!!
Sorry to hear about your loss. Just on Saturday I made a post about my dog Floppy being the king of the world. I feel your pain!
Sorry about your dog. Make sure you keep your password in a place you can retrieve. And since it was in your stolen computer, I would suggest changing your password. Welcome back to steemit!