I don't think 2015 is my year at all, and I seem to be having a run of bad luck.
Last week was a nightmare, last week my house was broken into whilst I was sleeping upstairs, they then stole my car keys and made off with my car. I haven't been sleeping well the past few weeks, which goes without saying when you have no job, and your spending your days worrying about money, applying for jobs and then constantly being told your over qualified so they will not be taking your cv any further.
That night I went to bed at midnight and I must have went straight into a deep sleep. I also never had my dog at my house because the next day I was meant to be attending an interview in Manchester. Forty Five minutes of me falling asleep I was awoken by the police banging on my door. Everyone who know me knows how much I love that wee mini, and I was devastated that it was gone, but more shaken up men had been in my house whilst I was upstairs (I will rephrase that "BOYS").
On the plus side my neighbour seen it all happen and was on the phone to the police as they were in the house. The police gave chase and my car was recovered the next day un damaged. I had a full tank of fuel in the car too so when I got my car back it had just under a full tank.
Its funny the amount of text messages you get from people you haven't spoke to in months or years messaging you just to be nosey. No message asking are you okay etc, just how did they gain access to your car, do you know who it is?
It wasn't until a few days after the incident that 2 people (TWO) actually asked me first if I was okay and if I felt safe at home before they asked about the car. It pretty much sums up what kind of society we live in today. A car is a car, there replaceable, but an invasion of privacy and feeling unsafe in your own home can't be replaced. All I can think about is how a few nights before I fell asleep on the sofa downstairs watching a movie, what if it was that night it happened?
The police knew pretty much straight away the people involved and they were arrested and charged, and bailed. What makes it worse is people have now send me screen shots of there face book pages and articles in the paper of all the cars they have stolen previously. Having a face to the name is now worse than not knowing.
I really don't understand the enjoyment these people must get from stealing something that is not theres. I only hope that sometime in their life they get to feel a similar pain of someone stealing something valuable to them that they have worked so hard for.
This past week has really opened my eyes to the type of people we live amongst. When working in Vienna and returning to Aberdeen I seen how materialistic people in Aberdeen can be. Its all about who has the best car, the nicest house etc. In Vienna its all about the quality of life. One of my friends travelled round OZ for a year and I brought this up with her and she totally agreed that she noticed the same thing when she returned to Aberdeen.
Two days later the company who was suppose to interview me on the morning my car was stolen got in touch with me to re arrange an interview for the next day. My bad luck continued. The van I got a shot of to drive to Manchester broke down at Carlisle. Several tow trucks home later (still not making the interview), I was home. Exhausted. Going back to what I said about Aberdeen being materialistic, one of the tow truck drivers actually mentioned this in one of our conversations going up the road. How much money Aberdeen has. He actually made a comment that in Glasgow the homeless drunks are all merry and will ask you how your doing and still have a smile on their face, you pass a homeless drunk in Aberdeen and they are miserable. Although this was his own opinion it still made me laugh, because he sort of had a point.
Despite all the dramas last week, I still hit my macros and never missed a training session. I never let anything affect me achieving a goal. It was really hard pulling myself out of bed last week and going to the gym, and eating when I wasn't hungry - but I did it. Because I want to achieve my goal and the only person that can do that is me.
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