Burgled!!!!!!!!!!! - 4:42 PM, Apr. 17, 2007

Picked Popeye and crew uo from the airport at 19:00 yesterday, supper at friends', caught up on news, a glass or three of vino, and crashed into bed around 23:00.

In the wee hours of this morning, we had visitors who made off with a (antique) laptop, son's wallet and my bag. The good news is that they didn't make off with either of the decent PCs, nor with the Macs, nor with the keys to the cars parked outside. And they came and went without wrecking the place, and without harming anyone.
So , no bank cards, no credit cards, ID, passport, driving license......have spent nearly the whole day reporting / sorting. Top marks to Brit consul staff, who will get me a new passport by Thursday week, the day before we leave for 3 weeks sailing in Greece.

Am now getting myself ouside of a large G+T, after which I might just go into victim mode and weep a bit.

Will put notices up on front and back doors informing potential thieves that we are basically charitable folks, and if they are in need, we would much prefer that the knock on the door during "normal hours" , and that we freely provide the means they need, and save us administrative hassle