I never mentioned this in my previous posts, but since it's happened again, I think it's time to share this story. As you probably know, I returned to the US from Indonesia in early July. I had a couple days of orientation and went to DC to present at the State Department and talk with other members of government about my year. After that, I met up with my parents and my sister. We didn't go straight home because my sister was leaving the next morning from the DC area in order to go on a trip with her school. Because of that, we stayed in a hotel overnight. Well somehow I ended up forgetting my purse in the car (I blame jet lag), and someone broke into the car, took my wallet, and used my debit card, meaning that I lost the remainder of rupiah and all the American money, cards, and IDs that I had with it.
Nonetheless, I still decided to visit my sister in DC over fall break. It was great to go away for a few days and definitely fun, but I once again got my wallet stolen...this time it had all my college stuff in it. Thankfully, they person who took it only got away with a little bit of cash this time and was only able to use my card at Chipotle (I mean, everyone needs a little Chipotle, right?).
I think it's really ironic that I never had a single thing taken from me until I came back to my home country though...I guess I could be mad about it, but I have replaced just about everything now, so at least it hasn't stopped me from doing what I need to do. I just hope it doesn't happen again!
Anyway, two months from now I'll be in Japan, so look out for those blog posts! I need to go study, so goodbye for now!
Sampai jumpa lagi ya!
Victoria
