ARGH
I had this entry all written in my head, waxing poetic our neighbourhood pool. We spend a lot of time there between swim lessons and plain old splashing around, and as I was playing crocodile with The Ladies in the wading pool/splash pad area tonight I was struck by how much I was enjoying myself, and how lucky we are to have such a fabulous place to play on such a hot day (38 with the humidex--for my American readers, that translates roughly into "stinkin' hot").
Of course, those warm fuzzies were all before I returned to the change room--soaking wet, with two blue, chattering girls insisting that they wanted to stay, mind you--to find that my bag had been rifled through and my Blackberry and bus pass gone. I have to say I was feeling considerably less love for the public pool after that.
I understand stealing the Blackberry. I mean, it pisses me off that someone rifled through my bag at the community centre--that behaviour seems to be the antithesis of community spirit if you ask me--but I can see taking the phone. Switch out the sim card and poof! brand new Blackberry for you. But the bus pass??? What is the point of stealing someone else's bus pass? Because you can?
Not that there would ever be a good time for this kind of thing to happen, but while my paycheque is taking a summer hiatus is pretty much the worst time it could have happened. The simple fact is, I don't have the money to replace either of those things right now.
I can live without the phone. Sure, it sucks that I still have the pay the $25 per month on the plan, but since I mostly use it for work anyway, it's not a panic that I don't have it. Except for the fact that it has Diva Girl's soccer schedule in it. That kinda sucks.
The bus pass is a different story, though. We don't have a car; the bus is our major source of transportation, other than our feet. We walk a lot of places, but sometimes, walking just isn't practical. Sometimes, you have to take the bus. And the bus, while infinitely cheaper than a car, isn't cheap. WIth a bus pass, we were pretty mobile. I never needed to worry if we had the fare to get to where we were going, or if we would be able to afford the trip home. Without the pass, we're at the mercy of the change in my pockets. During the month of July. When there's no school to fill up Diva Girl's time, but there are daily swim lessons which are barely within walking distance, and twice weekly soccer games that are most definitely not.
And here I thought Regan accidentally tipping over the potty this morning was going to be the low point of my day.
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I wish I still had my old Blackberry, but my job made me return it when they upgraded. If I had it, I'd send it to you. I hate those days that start out bad and end up worse!
I'm confused. Was it in a locker or something? How did this scum get it?
You know that just sucks!! Talk about souring your day.
Sorry!
aww, I'm so sorry. That just sucks in the worst way. A bus pass???!! Losers really don't have a life do they? I hope you said something to the staff to keep an eye out. Hell it could have been staff, as sad as that is to think. It'll work out in the end, Karma had a way to kicking one's ass when necessary.
Call your cell phone company. They might let you suspend your acct. At least that would save you the $25.00
did you have cell phone insurance? what about the bus company? do they have a policy on stolen passes--i.e. if they have i.d. numbers so they can track your's down? did you file a claim at the pool? there's gotta be someway to get at least some compensation!! i'm totally pulling for you, you're an inspiration:)
I'm sorry for whatever moron's ignorance caused them to go through your belongings.. Evidentally they weren't well versed in the Kindergaten rules "DO NOT TOUCH THINGS THAT DON'T BELONG TO YOU" If I lived near by, I'd give you guys a ride :o(
Hang in there!
Sorry to hear that some cretin stole your stuff. I do the single mom gig too while attempting to be a grad student at the same time which equals poor x 2. Whoever it was is racking up bad karma points quickly. Hang in there!
Awesome blog by the way...found my way here via Itching to Write's blog.
That sucks! How much is the bus pass worth?
And let me say I'm shocked that you have a Blackberry plan for only $25 per month!
You can't have a blackberry plan for $25 a month. It's impossible.
You can when you don't have the data functions enabled, and you're sharing the family plan with someone.
A bus pass is $74 and they don't sell them after the 10th of the month, the day we were robbed. Of course. They also do not replace lost or stolen passes. Of course.
There are no lockers in the change room, so no, the stuff wasn't locked up. Again, I will almost cop to stupidity over the phone, except for the fact that we were out and about earlier and I'd been using it, and, more importantly, Ms Rebecca pointed out, they shouldn't have been rifiling through my stuff anyway. The bus pass though....
Thanks Lumi. I've never seen Itching to Write, but I'll check it out.
I'm so sorry that you were the "lucky" recipient of that person's attention. :( We purchased the maintenance plan on our cell, so if it's stolen, we can get a new one. I don't know if your blackberry had a similar plan. I know it won't recover all the lost information, but at least you'd have something.
Yuck! I'm sorry to hear that someone was so rude and criminal.
Bus passes don't grow on trees, but I hope that one materializes somehow.
Aha. I wondered if someone had broken into a locker or if maybe someone at the center had gotten into it.
That's rotten Kim. I'm so sorry to hear you got robbed. Have you recovered anything since it happened?
Aye! Yuck, Kim! I'm so sorry to hear about that...how awful! I hope the bus pass wasn't anything more than a monthly one. I definitely like your new glasses better than your old ones, though. The color works better with your skin tone and the shape is flattering (was that too much info. for a blog post?...Oh well, I've been commenting for a while so I feel like you know me enough for brutal honesty to pass. :))
