Peru, Day 2: Everything they always warned you about

As far as safe travelling has gone, today has not been my brightest.

-- eating unpeeled, fresh fruit
-- forgetting to buy sunscreen
-- getting lost multiple times on the way to school
-- getting sunburned
-- failing to find my Spanish-English dictionary
-- not having a secret pocket for pencils/pens
-- eating raw vegetables
-- allowing my wallet to be stolen (Let's be clear here, that wallet held the card with all of the money I've been saving for 2 years for THIS trip.)

On the brighter side.

-- my altitude head ache has almost disappeared
-- my sunburn doesn't hurt
-- the taxi driver was safe and honest
-- I still made it to school on time
-- some people bring multiple pencils to class
-- I got a half hug from someone who felt really bad for me (I miss hugs greatly while travelling.)
-- I'm in the Advanced 1 Spanish class
-- I'm safe

Money is just money. Tomorrow, I will attempt to borrow money from someone who has it, buy an international calling card, and attempt to cancel the card before it can be swiped too many times. Honestly, it feels really...terrible. I have to go through a lot of trouble and I hate borrowing money! It's humbling. It's a bit scary to feel this vulnerable. I'll miss my pretty green Korean wallet. But it's just money. There is always more of it. I'm safe! After so many safety fails, that's nothing to be taken for granted.

Tomorrow's another day. With more mistakes and hopefully one successful international call to Skylight Financial...