Happy Dance! Happy Dance!

[emily_in_nc]

Awesome news. So glad you finally have something good to report on this.

Justice reigns!!!

~Emily

[salsabike]

YAY! How damn gratifying.

[LBTC]

Yay! I'm glad for you V, and I hope it's not too creepy when you have to go there.

Hugs and happy butterflies,
~T~

[KnottedYet]

Very good! I hope the burglars get prosecuted to the fullest extent, and hope you get some of your things back!

[sbctwin]

I am very happy for you...after our two ransackings, nothing of ours was ever recovered...

[Veronica]

These people were icky! Their apartment was being subsidized by an adoption agency in southern CA. The agency pays your rent until you have a kid. You then give it up for adoption. They had a baby last month, born addicted to meth and gave it up for adoption.

All of our stuff reeks of smoke.

V.

[pooks]

Oh dear.

[Mr. Bloom]

Does that mean you get to sue for the cost of your ruined vacation?

[Veronica]

They have nothing, who would I sue? But Brandi's pictures of Hawaii are just killing me.

Thom talked to the insurance adjuster. We can either give them the recovered items as salvage or give back the money they gave us for the item. I expect we'll work it out on a case by case basis.

The good thing is most of our personal paperwork was still in their apartment. So in a few years we can stop worrying about someone trying to get credit as us.

The thing about the adoption agency is just depressing. I've never wanted kids, so I can only imagine how awful it must be to want them and to be unable to conceive. So you pay oodles of money to an agency, who is supposed to make sure you get a healthy baby. But the agency clearly didn't do much of a background check on these two or any sort of follow up. The chick was wanted for something else, so didn't even have the option for bail. The agency had been paying their rent for 18 months!

It's just gross all around. I sincerely hope that whoever has the baby now, loves it and gives it a good chance at life. It's going to be a rough road for that kid. I can only imagine what being born already addicted to something must to do to a little one's health and growth. It makes me sick, that total lack of concern for a life you created. I'd like to see them get some nasty punishment for that too!

V.

[Adventure Girl]

Any chance you got your laptop back?

[Veronica]

No, I was hoping.... the detective looked for it specifically too.

But, we decided to go back to being a one computer household. It has cut down on the amount of idle surfing we each do.

V.

[Aggie_Ama]

I was going to post the same thing about the adoption agency/baby thing. Ugh, it is absolutely disgusting that they were being paid to have a kid. I work with a woman who is going through the stress of adopting and she said she worries most that the birth mother is going to have given a darn her whole pregnancy.

I am glad you got your stuff back, at least there is some closure.

[Brandi]

They have nothing, who would I sue? But Brandi's pictures of Hawaii are just killing me.
V.

I am sorry for all you are going through! I did not mean to rub my vacation in anyone's face. It was just our first real vacation in the 20 years my dh and i have been together and I wanted to share. ((((((hug)))))) for hurting your feelings really.

[Veronica]

Thanks Brandi! My feelings weren't hurt. I actually loved your photos. I did e mail Thom right away after seeing your pictures and tell him that we needed to go back.

V.

[Brandi]

Thanks Brandi! My feelings weren't hurt. I actually loved your photos. I did e mail Thom right away after seeing your pictures and tell him that we needed to go back.

V.

My friends rental is super nice so if you need a place let me know and I will get you the info. So you have been to the big Island?