I've had better days
I was mugged this morning on my way to work. I was about 1/2 block away from the building I work in. A guy came up behind me on a bicycle and grabbed my purse. The purse handle and a plastic grocery bag handle were wrapped around my hand, so it did not come off when he pulled. Instead he pulled me off balance and I fell. My purse hit his spokes and he went down too. At this point, I still had hold of my purse and he had released it. I took a stronger grip on my purse and started to yell "help". He's cussing at me and saying "you messed up my bike", that almost make me laugh. He got up and rode off, as a couple of people came to help me. One was another city employee, who was able to give the cops a better description than I could. Everything happened so fast. A fireman name Enrique came by right after this happened. We'd been in a few city-wide classes together. He called the police, I answered a few questions on the phone, but then they sent a couple of officers to my office to fill out a report. I walked into the building, went to the bathroom to clean up and called
stonebenderand
dbubley. By the time I came out, the officers were already looking for me.
The most serious damage is just above my eye on the lid. It's cut and swollen. It was bleeding quite a bit for about 10 minutes. I'm sore on my neck, shoulder and arm on the right side. This was the side I was carrying the purse on. I have a few other scraps on my hands. I don't think I hit the ground with my face, I think I hit his bike frame. This happened at 8:25 am. When my boss found out around 10 am, she told me to go home, but by that time
stonebender had already left the house to come and see me. One of the co-workers got the first aid kit and put stuff on my eye. She was very sweet. As the word spread, more people called or stopped by to see how I was. I finally left about 1:30 pm. I'm going to take a hot shower, put some ice on my neck and go to sleep for a while. I have an appointment with my body worker tomorrow at 4:45 pm.
I know I'm lucky I didn't get hurt any worst and that I still have my purse. I only lost a little blood, skin and dignity. Overall, I guess I'm also lucky to have lived to 50 years old, and most of those years in a city, and I've never had anything like this happen. Counting my blessings where I find them.
stonebenderand
dbubley. By the time I came out, the officers were already looking for me.
The most serious damage is just above my eye on the lid. It's cut and swollen. It was bleeding quite a bit for about 10 minutes. I'm sore on my neck, shoulder and arm on the right side. This was the side I was carrying the purse on. I have a few other scraps on my hands. I don't think I hit the ground with my face, I think I hit his bike frame. This happened at 8:25 am. When my boss found out around 10 am, she told me to go home, but by that time
stonebender had already left the house to come and see me. One of the co-workers got the first aid kit and put stuff on my eye. She was very sweet. As the word spread, more people called or stopped by to see how I was. I finally left about 1:30 pm. I'm going to take a hot shower, put some ice on my neck and go to sleep for a while. I have an appointment with my body worker tomorrow at 4:45 pm.
I know I'm lucky I didn't get hurt any worst and that I still have my purse. I only lost a little blood, skin and dignity. Overall, I guess I'm also lucky to have lived to 50 years old, and most of those years in a city, and I've never had anything like this happen. Counting my blessings where I find them.