So it turns out I'm not too consistent at this blogging thing. In my defense though, I haven't had a computer! Unfortunately, my flat was broken into, and my laptop was taken. It is truly a bizarre story. Our lock was a little spotty in the first place; sometimes it didn't stick quite right. I was staying with my sister for the night in Harrow, a Westminster campus out of Central London.When I came back late on Sunday, I realized that I couldn't find my laptop. Our flat is rather small, and after we all looked for about an hour, it became obvious that it was not in the flat, and no one had moved it. I had left it on our kitchen table, and it was definitely seen there before my flatmates went to bed. After reviewing where all 5 of my flatmates had been at what times, we figured out that there was about a 20 minute time gap between when 4 of them went to bed, and the final girl came home and dead bolted the doors. There were 3 laptops on that table but only mine is gone. My sister's ipod was plugged into my laptop to charge, but the ipod was sitting there on the table. Who ever took the laptop took the time to unplug the ipod and the charger. It is so strange, and its almost hard to believe its not just lost. But after searching and talking to everyone, there is no other answer besides it is just...gone.
The police came to the flat, and they were very very nice. There was very little that they could do, except take a statement and explain how they think it might have happened. The area I'm living in is not usually unsafe, but apparently theft is somewhat common because there are so many bars and pubs nearby. We got a new (and better) lock on our door, and we are getting a second lock put on. Dramadramadrama.
On a slightly humorous side, my laptop was in awful condition! It is broken, and will not turn on unless it is plugged into the charger. Well, since they kindly left the charger behind, they will not get very far with it. Also the screen has a huge streak across it. It makes me feel a little bit better that the thief won't benefit too much from it.
I am now missing about 1000 pictures from the past 2.5 years of my life (thank god for facebook, right?) and will have to borrow my flatmates' laptops for skyping, facebooking, and blogging. But I'd rather be enjoying London than sitting on a computer anyway! Which is what I'm going to do right now. I have lots more to update on here; a trip to Stonehenge and Bath, my internship, and a trip to Paris! Stay tuned.
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