Ladies, I apologize for the rants and vents and bad news coming from my way, but I truly feel like someone put a hex on my family and I. I know it sounds crazy, but anyway, here we go.
So this morning we had our Holiday concert practice in Church (I teach for a Catholic School). I put my students in their seats and put down my stuff. Without even thinking, I went to ask the 8th grade teacher if she had the order that the classes were going to be performing in. She didn't and as I turned to walk away, the music teacher handed me a paper and program with the order. Great. As I'm looking at it, walking back to my students, two of them run up to me and say someone took my phone and wallet from my purse. I panicked, grabbed the 7th grade teacher, who is thankfully is a male, and we ran outside.
I saw someone in a brown jacket and I instinctively knew it was him. He was crossing the street and when I said, "Teacher Friend, thats him," the guy started jogging. Luckily the 7th grade teacher retrieved my wallet and phone and nothing was missing from my wallet.
I had seen the man in the Church but just thought he was a lingering parishioner because they have an 8am mass and we arrived at 8:40am.
I completely understand that I should never leave my purse unattended and I usually don't. This was just a rare moment where I had a lapse in judgement and honestly wasn't thinking when I walked away. But then again, I'm in a church, you wouldn't think that this would happen in a Church.
I swear, these past few weeks have been hellish.
Sorry again for all the nutsy, venting, and sad posts lately.