Today is the saddest and also the happiest day of my life. Today is Christmas day. Supposedly a time where everyone is happy and relaxed, but I am just devastated. My dog died last night...or he was in fact killed. I am so sad as we had him since the day he was born. He was a beautiful German Shepherd and someone thought that it would be a good idea to poison him so that they can break into our private space, steal our possessions and mess up our lives.....
It all started a few days ago...but wait let me tell you exactly what happened.
My sister in law and my brother came to visit us for the holidays. We were all so happy and relaxed and ready to spend Christmas together because we have not been together in a few years, so it was an exciting time. The Christmas spirit finally arrived.
We spend a few good days together and then on the 22nd of December things started going haywire.......
We suddenly had no water. Opened the tap and nothing.....not a drop. Apparently the municipality forgot to calculate the amount of people that were going to visit the South Coast during the silly season, and we ran out of water as they forgot to fill up the reservoir....We couldn't bath and had to swim to clean ourselves....at first this was fun and we even thought it was funny....but then it was no fun anymore as it started raining.....
So we are all dirty. We have dirty dishes. We have dirty clothes...the kitchen is dirty...everyone is complaining non-stop and it is just a terrible atmosphere. All good that we have the ocean but have you ever felt how sticky you are when you get out of the ocean...not a good feeling at all...worst of all we can not even shower to get rid of the stickyness.
As if the no water situation is not enough, our German shepherd started vomiting. We thought that he ate something bad, but after a short while realized that it was more serious. The dog suffered terribly and we decided to take the dog to the emergency vet. While we rushed to the vet, they came into the house, and stole most of our valuables including 3 laptops, 2 Tablets and one iPhone. These were all presents for my kids and family members. Worst of all, my parents, brother and grandmother were still in the house upstairs. (Our room is downstairs)
These bastards also broke open the safe and stole my husband's service gun. We are totally flabbergasted! After two days in the hospital and the Vet not sleeping for two days, we finally went and fetched the dog yesterday morning. We still had hope although the dog was still terribly ill. Last night after suffering for about an hour, the dog passed away. Once again we were devastated. My son is absolutely heartbroken. A dog is one thing that can not be replaced!!
Now although all the other things are replaceable, and we have insurance, the absolute worse thing of all was that my laptop and my tablet was stolen with my Steemit password!!!
All that went through my mind was the following:
The first rule of Steemit is: Do not lose your password.
The second rule of Steemit is: Do not lose your password.
The third rule of Steemit is: We cannot recover your password.
The fourth rule: If you can remember the password, it's not secure.
The fifth rule: Use only randomly-generated passwords.
The sixth rule: Do not tell anyone your password.
The seventh rule: Always back up your password.
I followed the rules...I know you can't recover the account without the old password. I was totally in a state of depression. I have worked terribly hard to build up a good reputation. I did not know what I was going to do....
I cried a little...then I cried A LOT! There was absolutely nothing that I could do...but obviously I found it again otherwise I would not have been able to post now wouldn't I....
Last night after the second depressing day...where I was contemplating murder towards the thieves...they could keep my laptop and tablet...all I wanted was my password and my dog healthy again...
Then for the second night that I could not sleep, and I only had my own cellphone left, I decided to try one more time to retrieve my password, but with no results. I then logged into my google account and it struck me like a lightning bolt. What if I could retrieve my passwords from my google account?
I opened up the suggested page and guess what???? There it was!!! Well that was three o clock this morning. I immediately woke up my husband to tell him that I found my password.. I am absolutely delighted...I think the last time I was so happy was when my children were born!
I am absolutely hysterically happy about finding my password. I am also so terribly sad about the beautiful dog that was taken away from us. I am absolutely furious that my privacy was invaded and that someone had the audacity to walk in here and take my things....but I am entirely grateful that no one was hurt or attacked inside the house while we were not here. It could have turned out very differently...
I hope and pray that no one ever has to go through what we did in the last few days, and if I could make one suggestion SAVE YOUR STEEMIT PASSWORD! Mail it to yourself, make a backup and keep it in a safe place but it is terrible terrible feeling to feel so helpless and you can not log into Steemit.
I do hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas although I can not say the same....but I have not lost hope. After all of this I am a stronger person and I know that 2017 is going to be the best year ever!
May you be blessed...
Hi @giantbear
I am sorry to hear about your misfortune.
Jaco's phone was also stolen. Tell Sakkie please. We are all upset but very glad no one was hurt. xx
Will do