Fuzzy Moment

While looking at carry-on bags at a store near my house that I like, a tote price tag caught my eye. It read $2.38. I don't have a card there, so I looked closer at the price under that one, and it said $2.50. I pulled the bag out and looked at it to see if it was worth buying. The pics included are of the bag. IT'S FROM IDAHO! Most things that are imported are more expensive, but that random tote with a zip top was under $3! I bought it, and used it for school today.

A lady got off the same green bus I did at Rio Coca with her little girl. I walked passed them, across the road, across the parking lot, and down the stretch to my bus stop. I got on my bus, walked to the front because there were still opened seats, and sat next to a lady. About 3 minutes later, the lady and the girl that I passed took the two seats in front of us. The little girl, probably 5, would not stop cuddling her face into the lady (mother or grandmother, not sure) because she was so scared. The two seats they were in were facing two other seats, rather than having the backs to them. The older lady had candy in her hand, and she reached to give some to the scared little girl. The little girl shook her head no, and the mother figure thanked her. The other lady smiled, then said something in a high pitched baby-talk voice ot the little girl. That seemed to help the situation. The little girl pulled her face out of her mom's side and pulled her arm around her instead. The 4th seat was taken by another lady, probably in her 50's. She said something sweet to the little girl too, and the mom figure made a response on behalf of the little girl, which encouraged her to shake her head. Then the little girl sat up, and stretched her neck and cuddled under her mom's arm. When she stretched, I saw that she had Down's Syndrome. She was so scared to be getting on that bus, and I don't blame anyone for that feeling, but the other ladies were trying to make her feel better. I know that many women, and men for that matter, would go out of their way to make a child feel comfortable, but it made me happy to see them being cheery with this little girl.
I feel like in the States most people would have taken the 'don't stare' approach and completely ignored the situation. I might be wrong for some, Mema could have been one of those ladies across the space to that little girl. I guess there is a difference in staring and doing what those ladies were trying to do. Why aren't we taught as children to be like that? Is that something that comes with age that we decide on our own?
The next moment on the Ecovia made me feel less warm and fuzzy. This guy takes the standing space next to my seat and the way my arms were folded, and me being me, all I could think was, "My hand is entirely too close to his package." Thankfully, the people in front of him scooted up, so he moved up. Then his girlfriend stuck her butt with to-tight pants in front of me. It always impresses me at how people can fit into such random spaces like that on the Ecovia. She was actually leaning into where my legs were in front of my seat.

When I got home, Camila and I had an umbrella/light saber fight. I chopped her arm off, but she killed me. I don't think I'll ever be to old to have an umbrella fight. =)