1/31/2004

 
if you tried commenting on that last entry would you mind posting again or sending me an email because for some reason it didn't work...thanks!!
posted by Heather 1/31/2004 01:29:00 PM |

1/30/2004

 
I was walking home after a movie by myself last night and was half way home when a car backed up close to me and a guy got out of the passenger side with a knife and told me to give him my bag. I told him no and not to touch me. He hit me in the face a few times, breaking my glasses and finally managed to get my bag out of my grasp. He jumped back in the car with his friend and they screeched off. I was yelling the whole time. But as I sat crumpled on the wet ground my yells turned to sobs. A couple people yelled from apartments if I wanted them to call the police or ambulance and I said yes. About a half hour later the police finally came. Meanwhile one passerby offered to call Jonah for me to tell him I was ok and was waiting for the police. Jonah got there 15 minutes before the police and he was on foot. Anyway, after a visit to the hospital and the police station I finally got in bed at 4 this morning. I am ok. Just some bruising on my face and hands and soreness in my jaw and shoulder. I was able to get my glasses repaired today. And it looks like the insurance will cover at least a part of what was lost in my bag. I could use prayer though just to heal emotionally as I am pretty shook up and trying not to let it get the best of me. Thanks.
posted by Heather 1/30/2004 11:35:00 PM |

1/28/2004

 
Yesterday an aquaintance who lives upstairs came round for a visit. Amanda is a young spanish art student. We get along really well and had fun chatting about the quirks of our building and city. She showed me her artwork and ended up GIVING me a nice big painting. I am so thrilled!!! I put it up in the living room. I am very honored because Amanda is quite careful about showing her work to people. And it is the first of her work that anyone has ever put on their wall. I am very pleased. She is quite the ambitious young woman as well. She wants to see the creative swampland that we live in used to its potential. Poor Sevilla has so much potential but for some reason stays in the artistic stone ages. Amanda is involved in different projects to help solve this problem. She and I should hang out more...
posted by Heather 1/28/2004 12:35:00 PM |

1/25/2004

 
Claudia and Carmen came over tonight while their parents went to see a movie together.
We watched Barbie in Swan Lake and a little bit of Rugrats. But the highlight of the evening for both of them was of course playing with Kati. I think Kati has finally met her match. The girls had her running around crazy all evening. And since most of Kati's vocabulary is in english the girls got a good english lesson. Claudia especially is really good with animals. I was surprised at how she got Kati to obey her commands. And with barely any effort Claudia now understands sit, come, go, here, down, where is your ball, where is your toy, look, eat, stay, chair and box. Wow, Kati knows quite a lot of english, too.
posted by Heather 1/25/2004 12:43:00 AM |