By Louise | Managing Director
What a torrid couple of days I have had!
Monday night, early Tuesday morning between 3-6am, my office, next to my bedroom was robbed of KTD196 laptop. Fortunately we are all fine. Upon discovering the theft I went to the local police station, reported it, and was escorted back to the house by the police who came and inspected the office for clues. They had used a wire to jimmy the window, then somehow managed to capture the laptop through the burglar bars which was a distance from the window without actually entering the premises, thank God! I have 4 dogs, one of which was sleeping in my bedroom, adjacent to the office, and not one of them barked.
After the police left I decided to go to the office in Tzaneen, 500metres in the pouring rain I get a flat tyre. Not to be dismayed, I decided to try and remove the wheel nuts myself, but with these pneumatic drills they now use to tighten the nuts, I couldn’t budget it. So, I ring for help from my insurance company. Reception was very poor, so they couldn’t identify on their system where I was despite me telling them the precise location. I eventually received a sms saying someone from Louis Trichardt would be coming to assist me, two hours away. I try and ring back and convince them that I am just outside of the local town, and I know they have service providers only 20mins away in Tzaneen.
Eventually a chap from Mooketsi comes to my rescue about an hour later, and it is pelting down, poor man. Anyway, even he had serious problems trying to get the wheel nuts off the wheel. Finally, with the spare on I head back into town to the local tyre repair centre. I get out of the car and take a seat, get called to view the tyre, and promptly slipped (because of the rain) down 2steps and bruise myself a treat. Eventually I find out not one but two screws had lodged in the tyre, which I had collected at the police station, because I heard a funny sound when escorting the police to my place to inspect the breaking site.
Finally, the tyre was repaired and placed back on the car and I receive a call from the police saying the finger print technician was now available, could I come back to the police station and show her the way to my home………………………! This time I did not park where I had previously, I remained on the road and just telephone in to say I was there. Escorting the lady to my place was fine, she did her thing, but there were no prints, the offenders wore gloves. SIGH!!!
So I am thinking, I still have my old laptop, which has a mother board issue and is living on borrowed time. I get that out, plug it in and switched it on, and you guessed it, it didn’t start! I decided that I would just give up on the day, and pretend it didn’t exist. So I am saying all of this by way of apologizing for not sending you a report yesterday.
My old laptop has been resurrected, I have replaced the power cord which seems to have been at fault. Now I am sitting here typing this letter to you, and my internet has decided to die. We have had so much rain over the last 2days that I am sure that is a huge part of the problem. So when I get reception back I will forward this. I know this is not a report on the projects as such but it is a day in my life. Albeit not a typical day but I hope I brightened your day.
Blessings
Louise
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