Friday 17 April 2020

Jami's Project - Day 24

We're all feeling the stress!

Time flies by when all your attention is elsewhere. I had an ah-ha moment with the website work this morning when all of a sudden a light flashed on and I saw how to do something I've been struggling with. Baby steps!

Our days have been grey and overcast with rain here and there. The water tank is ever so slowly filling up, the grass is getting greener. Happy days.

Last night, while she was at work (5.20 am), my granddaughter's car was stolen from the supermarket car-park. A pair of 12 and 13-year-olds. Hard to believe kids that age could be out and about getting into mischief when they should be on lockdown in their 'bubble'. They had stolen another car from over 100 kms to the north, ditched it in the carpark and then busted into and stole Shayde's car. They then returned north and crashed the car on a rural road. Is it pointless to ask where were their parents? Thankfully, the supermarket has good security cameras and the police were quickly on the job, so Shayde didn't have to spend too long worrying. She's now waiting to hear if the car can be repaired and, if so, how long that will take. Wish I could give her a hug. Hard times!

This is my daily entry for Jami's Project whereby she wants to create a collection of journal entries from people of different ages, from different countries and different parts of this country, during this 30-day, Covid-19 period. She wants to highlight how “in this together” we all are, regardless of government policies, and the influence it will have on our wellbeing and to evaluate what individuals do to cope. She has participants from Alaska, Canary Island, France, Canada and Norway. (Jami is my grand-daughter.)

The Daily Count
Total cases 1409, Northland 26
8 new cases
14 in hospital
816 recovered
11 deaths

12 comments:

  1. That is a real pain. Little scrotes. Get Jacinda on the case.

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    1. The cops were quickly on the case, Adrian. I reckon they couldn't risk Jacinda hearing about it and getting on their case.

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  2. All we need is more stress. Those children are probably living in a bad home and need to do theft and vandalism to get away from it all! It is all so awful. I hope she keeps her spirits up!

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    1. Luckily, she's a positive soul, Tabor. She will bounce back. But will have a few headaches in the meantime getting it all sorted at this time when most garages, etc are in lockdown. I think she will find one that has an exemption to help essential workers but it all has to be worked out.

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  3. Sad to hear about the car. Seems like it is always something in life. Stay well.

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    1. Yes, that's one of life's lessons, isn't it, Michelle? Learning to take the knocks is not easy, though, when your family can't give you a hug to help you through it.

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  4. Oh! It makes me so angry to hear about the theft of your granddaughters' car, Pauline. Kids of that age being the perpetrators really makes it worse...if that is possible. Similar out of control kids run rampant in areas over here, too.

    Parents....they are wastes of space, too...so what chance do the kids have? There are some who have no right to bear children....

    Take good care, Pauline...

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  5. Hi Lee, One of my favourite sayings lately has been, "They walk among us." I constantly see examples of unbelievable behaviour that we can't isolate ourselves from. I hope that as the fear of the virus is keeping most criminals off the streets, that the police will have more time to deal effectively with the young crims.

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  6. That's a bummer. I hope Shade's car is sorted soon.

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    1. Hi Graham, Yes, a proper bummer. The car is a write-off so she'll be borrowing a car for the time being. It will be a real headache for her to sort the insurance and buy another at the moment. She'll be using mine until she sorts something out. I'm not going anywhere! :)

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  7. Let's hope for a quick repair, or that the insurance will get her another and have her back on the road.

    Those kids, well, i won't go there. They could have grown up to be so much more than common thugs, still can if they choose. My hope is they get into enough trouble here to make the right choice.

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    1. Words fail me when it comes to those kids, messymimi. My best hope for them is that there is so little crime happening at the moment (there's a bright side of the virus for us!) the police will have more time to deal with them as they should. Unfortunately, at that age the consequences are usually very few.

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