Trauma and drama

Yesterday, my friend Eva and I were walking home together when we had a rather unfortunate incident. We don't normally walk together, but she wanted to see vaguely where I live in comparison to her house. It was a fairly pleasant day (hot hot hot as usual), and we were just strolling along talking about whatever. Next thing I know, Eva's being pulled away from me by her bag, which had been grabbed by this guy on a moped. It happened so stinking fast that I honestly didn't have time to process what was going on. But instinctively I threw out my arm to grab her so that she wouldn't get pulled away. Oh man. Luckily she kept a good grip on the bag, and I kept a good grip on her, so neither the bag nor Eva went anywhere. This was the first time we had been that close to being stolen from. What happened was these two guys on a moped zipped past us as we were crossing through an intersection, and the guy on the back grabbed at Eva's bag. Though both traumatized and shaken up, we were both safe and fairly sound. When I got home, I told the tale to my family with a combination of French and gestures. They watched and listened as I replayed the whole thing (it was difficult to find the words in french to accurately describe the actions and emotions, thus the use of waving arms and overexaggerated facial expressions was necessary), with wide eyes and gasps of disbelief. My family has been very protective of me, warning me everytime I leave the house to be wary of thieves and aware of my bag and pockets at all times. It's starting to be a little frustrating and tiring to have to protect my belongings all the time. Especially since I'm trying to call this place home, it's hard to always have to keep it in the front of my mind that there are tons of people out there who could/will try to steal from me.

whew what a day.

So there's tons of stories and experiences that I need to share, and I'm going to try to get them all posted this week. You can either expect lots of posts in the next week or so, or absolutely none, depending on whether the electricity and internet cooperate.....................................