Story time

This made my day.

A few mornings ago I was leaving my house to catch a micro to school. I was on my way to the micro stop, which is about three blocks away, when a group of guys started walking toward me. This is always a lil' nerve racking, because about 95.6% of the time some awkward comment gets directed at me. Not to mention that 2 seconds earlier, a guy decided to whisper toward me about my 'bonita sonrisa'

As I was passing them, one of the guys looks at me, stops suddenly, drops his bag dramatically, and grabs his chest. Obviously my overwhelming beauty was responsible for giving him a heart attack.

I couldn't help but break out laughing.

Oh goodness.

Another story:

Today I went down to the center of Lima with my host mom and we were walking to the micro stop when all of a sudden our bus arrived. So after running to the bus, we attempted to get on it. The problem? The bus was moving. Ugh. So the way things work here is that the micros don't keep up with you, they expect you to keep up with them. i have seen old men having to be pulled onto the bus by the cobrador because the bus driver decides to book it before people are completely on. Anywho, Kika successfully gets on the bus, but i'm still behind her. Then the bus decides to officially start driving away. So i hop on, all squished up against kika, becuase she can't get on completely since there are 2 people in front of her hogging up the aisle. Ok, i thought, at least i'm on the bus...despite the fact that i'm hanging out the door. Next issue? The bus doors close automatically once the bus starts moving...and in case you don't remember, I'm hanging out the door, and I'm small and fragile. Ok, I thought, I guess I'll just get crushed by them and accept my death, that's cool.
But then, Kika moved up, and just as the doors were closing, I hopped up on the next step and escaped death.
Or at least a severe pinching.

Asi es la vida.

:)