This is not the post I was intending to write this evening, but ... I need to write things down to sort them out in my head as best as possible. At approximately 2:50PM on my walk home from the metro station, I was attacked from behind. I have walked down Wayne Avenue at least twice a day for 5 years, at all hours of the day and night. I have always felt perfectly safe doing so. Even today didn't seem out of the ordinary. As I approached the intersection of Dale and Wayne, I passed a young black man in his early 20s. I made eye contact and nodded. I crossed Dale and heard a noise. I turned and saw someone running up Dale. That's when I noticed someone following me. I turned off my iPod and reached for my phone. And he jumped me, putting me in a chokehold and trying to pull me to the ground. I began hitting him over my shoulder with my large umbrella (which, sadly, is now in pieces). I hit myself in the head a couple times, too, and have a few lumps. He pulled me to the ...
fingers and toes and legs and ankles crossed in anticipation...
ReplyDeleteBoozy milkshakes make me think of Shirley MacLaine in Postcards from the Edge.
ReplyDeleteI just got caught up on the last few days of your blog and I have to tell you that I'm so proud of you for taking that walk from the subway. I'm sure it was just awful.. but you did it!
ReplyDeleteYay for VUBOQ and smooches all arouned!!!
I hope it went well!
ReplyDeleteGood luck! Well, I wish you good luck for the job interview, but do I need to wish you good luck on your laundry? I just assume you'll have good luck (or something) with your boozy milkshake.
ReplyDeleteBoozy milkshakes? How you make that?
ReplyDelete3. Prepare for super hot lunch date with ShallowGal and spawn
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