70 Euros

Grrrrrrrrr so I think I mentioned on one of my first blogs that I had lost my bank card right before I came here, right? Right. So my sister brought me 350 Euros this week for my trip to Spain after I leave Morocco. I counted them when she gave them to me, and I put them in my purse. I had them in my purse for a few days, and my purse was never out of my sight. On Thursday or Friday last week, I decided that I really should not be carrying around so much money because it can be kind of dangerous. I left the money under my pillow when we went to Chefchaouen. When I took it out yesterday, it had been moved to inside my pillow and there were 70 Euros missing.

I hate to even begin making assumptions about what might have happened to the money. I did mention it to my host family in a very non-accusatory tone and they got extremely defensive, as I would in their position. The fact of the matter is that it is almost impossible that the money fell out of my purse because I am missing a 50 Euro bill and a 20 Euro bill. The 50s and 20s were not next to each other. If some random person had reached into my purse, he or she would have stolen all the money. Stealing one 50 bill and one 20 bill, particularly when I had several 50s and several 20s, makes it seem careful. Anyway, it is very upsetting for two reasons: I no longer believe that I can trust the people in my house, and it is a LOT of money. I will still be able to take my trip, but I will not be able to visit all the cities that I wanted. When I think of how hard I have personally worked cleaning tables, folding menus, cleaning bathrooms, etc etc for very little money, it kills me that someone can just take it like that. Go figure.