Anonymous asked: You said your labs run late. Do you keep a knife or pepper spray or something? Traveling alone for a small woman is..dangerous

My classes and labs run late, I have two clubs and a bible study that meet at night. I have a pepper spray thing that I got after someone stalked and followed me to my apartment  but I’m not mad worried: 1. I tend not to die 2. I live alone, travel alone, work alone, study alone etc. so I try to be pretty smart, aware, walk in well lit areas and let people know where I am etc. and 3. Though violence can happen anywhere, the only time anything happens in my neighborhood is when one of my elderly neighbor’s passes away. The neighborhood is very pleasant. But yeah, things happen everywhere, I am sure to be careful, Danke! I expressed my interest in packing some heat to my mother, however, after my brother took me shooting it freaked her out seeing my holding a gun (she lived through the Nigerian civil war) and forbid me from owning such weapons D: I also have a knife my ex gave me for my birthday, but it’s mostly for opening packages lol