stolen goods.

i am so dumb. so i just had my phone, atm card, alien card, and about $20 taken from me and i didn't even realize it until almost an hour later. i was coming back from BOLM by myself...everyone else left a bit before me but i was finishing up the paper maching. i think this must have happened on the matatu. these 3 guys got on a bit before town. then they started talking about how policemen were doing seat belt checks. i thought this sounded really sketchy, but i have seen it happen before. so everyone is scrambling around looking for their seat belt and the guy in front of me pretends to be all helpful. of course my belt was squashed between the seat and the vehicle so i'm trying to dig it out. i think during this event they must have reached in my bag and taken everything. there was a lady behind me who had changed seats to find her belt and she didn't seem to think anything was wrong. shortly after this all those guys got off the matatu. peter tells me not to be mad at myself b/c it's the way things often are and not my stupidity. even victor said he's had 4 phones taken now. alex agreed too. in positive news they didn't find my camera or the keys to maria's house and there were no knives involved this time.

yesterday i had the lovely experience of burning my leg from massive hot grease while cooking french toast. it's hard to regulate the little charcoal cooker things and this kid was making french toast at juvenile and it popped all over me. i have massive red marks all my legs but it doesn't hurt, so i guess that's good. seriously what's next.

one really awesome thing was i went to stay at maria's by myself on sunday. it was great having the house to myself. and not having to wake up to the rooster in the morning. i made myself soup, popcorn, sandwich with mayo, and i felt very american.

i'm heading to the airport to pick up mom. tomorrow is tabasamu.