mugger, originally uploaded by Klick Here.

I was mugged last night, by a person who looks very similar to the picture above. If the picture above was a skinny, pregnant woman. But other than that, they are identical.

I was coming out of my favorite store when a woman approached me. She was sobbing and at first I thought she had been attacked and needed help. She was shaking and kept saying over and over again, “I’m sorry. I just found out I’m pregnant and I don’t know what to do. I’m hungry. I’m so, so sorry.” That’s when I noticed she was carrying a knife and I froze. (Way to go, Killer Instincts. You play possum at the worst moments.) She told me she was sorry, but she needed my purse. I handed it over (wuss) and was mentally trying to figure out how to ask her if I could at least keep the memory card from my camera. But she didn’t even reach for the camera. She took out my wallet, which was sitting on top, and opened it. She grabbed the cash I had and then thrust the wallet back at me. Had no interest in my credit cards, the checks, the various gift cards or even my buy one, get one free iced coffee coupon! She shoved the wallet back at me, still crying, and apologized again before taking off running.

I’m fine. It could have been much worse and she obviously needed the money much more than I did. I was a little freaked out, so I went back into the store. They offered to call the cops but doing a mental count in my head, I think I only had about $7. Besides, if she was in that much trouble, i didn’t want to cause her any more stress.

I called Dan after being escorted back to my car. A few minutes after telling him the story, I felt better and we started cracking jokes about it. Yes, I laugh in the face of danger.

Dan: I’m just glad you’re ok. Do you want me to drive down there and follow you home?
Me: No, I feel better now. I’m glad she was a tiny pregnant woman instead of some scary guy.
Dan: It figures that you would get mugged by a pregnant woman. It’s not like I can even play the manly man and go down there, figure out who the guy is and kick the crap out of him.
Me: Yeah, it would be bad if you beat up a girl. Wait a minute. How do I know that you didn’t plant her there? To keep me from going to the scrapbook store unsupervised?
Dan: I guess you’ll never know.

Husband bought a new car, an ‘08 Sentra, fully loaded. It has leather and too many techno gadgets for me to figure out. He bought me an energy drink and the new mint M&Ms in return. I view this as a fair trade.
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I found a new doctor and I love her. She didn’t violate me like my last one did. And to combat my evil allergies, she prescribed me allergy meds and cough medicine which hasn’t kicked in yet. I am fully expecting to not wake myself up with horrid coughing tonight. Thank you cherry flavored codeine. It could take up to 6 months to get rid of my cough though. Mother Nature is trying to kill me.
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Dan is the best husband ever and found Core’dinations cardstock for me! He proceeded to buy 4 packs worth. I had planned to have him take a picture of me with my excited bug eyes, but decided to spare you all the horror of that sight. You’re welcome.
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Max has begun to drool. Does anyone know why a cat drools? Or more importantly, how to get him to stop? This trumps him throwing up on my leg. That was at least a one-time thing, but this droll is starting to seep into my skin.
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This concludes your “Sara has been feeling a writer’s block lately so she’s doing a cop-out post” update.

Goodbye Carly, originally uploaded by Klick Here.

Last year, we decided to have an American Idol pool. I won tons o’ cash. This year, we decided to do the same thing but it’s been much more fun because there’s no clear winner. I had a winning streak for the first few weeks, which came to a screeching halt when I decided to actually watch the competition instead of just Tivo-ing thru most of it. So after picking the wrong person to get voted off two weeks in a row, I went back to my original method. Kinda. I voted for Carly to leave partially because I don’t like her and partially because everyone else was picking Jason and Brooke.
What can I say? Some of us are just in tune with society. (“Society” being “16-year-old girls who vote.”)
I didn’t like that she had a record deal before getting onto American Idol. I didn’t like her snippy comments to the judges and Ryan. I didn’t like how she talked back to my BFF, Simon. I’m very glad to see her gone. And I’m glad that now I’ve won over $60.
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On other reality tv news, Greg has left Beauty and the Geek. Sad, sad day in Sara-land. I love him. He’s a self-proclaimed “Gaysian” and has the best personality. He was super cute and my favorite, but was sadly paired with someone who didn’t get along with any of the other people in the house. I cried when he was kicked off, because he was so hurt by it. I love you Greggy! Move to AZ and we’ll be BFFs. Along with Simon when he’s in town, of course.
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And last bit of tv news, (geez, I need a hobby) So You Think You Can Dance is coming back in May! I get a little obsessed with this show. It’s amazing what these dancers can do, and I love that many of them go out of their comfort zone to put on really spectacular performances. Plus there’s a lot of eye candy, so that helps too. …love you Husband! Please don’t restrict me from watching!