I go along thinking nothing bad can happen to me, as if there's a protective shield between me and harm. Well, somebody found a hole in it yesterday about 5:30 p.m. I was coming out of CVS into the near-empty parking lot about dark, with my keys and wallet in my left hand and several bags in my right, when a tall skinny person in an Alabama jacket and red cap came up and said, "Do you have a few dollars I can have to buy gas?" While I stood there with my mouth open, she snatched my wallet out of my hands, broke two of my fingernails, and skedaddled around the back of the stores.
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All that rigamarole, the police are pretty sure they know the person, blah blah, and I'm using a copy of the police report as a driver's license. I'm thankful she didn't slam me upside the head with something, and I feel like it was all my fault. If I had gone to Quilt Guild with Susan yesterday,--no, it could have happened anyway, because I'd probably have gone to the store after we got home. Well, into each l. some r. must fall.
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A pretty picture or two to mend my mood:
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The Torn Curtain
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This could happen any time, any where! It's something like a miracle it doesn't happen more often. I'm glad you only got a couple of broken fingernails, and hope they catch the skinny woman in the red jacket. I guess we all have to start being more careful.
Your Sister Trois
Oh no! Mugged! It's unbelievable that people have the nerve to do something like that in broad daylight. She was probably desperate for drug money. I hope it was for food, but probably not. I also hope you didn't have a lot of money in your wallet. And I thank God you weren't hurt--well, except for the fingernails. That's bad enough.
Anyway, I didn't go to guild either. Decided I had too many other things that needed doing. But I didn't get mugged.
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