Don't You Wish

...that sometimes you could just have superpowers for a few minutes? This morning while we were out for our daily bike ride with Lexi we decided to take a different route -- as we were turning the corner, I heard a car alarm going off. There is a lot of new construction in our area and thought perhaps it was a builder or worker. All of a sudden a man on a bicycle comes ripping around the corner and down the street towards me holding something in his arm, kind of hunched over. To me it looked very suspicious [if you know me at all, I'm always wary of "suspicious" characters and ready to take them with a heeeyaaah, and an elbow jab to the gut, and then stomp on his foot....] so I made sure to stare really hard at him. I just got that "something isn't right about that" feeling and kept watching him. I had turned my bike around and was on the corner as he went by. I was so close to saying something, but didn't want to stereotype or accuse unjustifiably. I started up the street to where the car alarm had gone off, and saw a truck parked in a driveway with the passenger door wide open. The alarm had stopped and I didn't see anyone -- a lady came out a moment later and realized she had been robbed. That man had shimmied the window down and stolen her purse! She was really upset and couldn't even call 911, so I called for her and she hopped in a truck with her husband to try and follow the guy. No luck -- the police came and I told him what I had seen -- down to what he was wearing [I did stare hard!] Hopefully they will catch the guy, there were good handprints on the window....who knows! I really DETEST people who steal from others!!!

So the superpowers? I would have used my elastigirl arms and grabbed the bike while the guy flew over the handlebars smashing his face on the asphalt (oh yeah) and then wrapped his bike around him while we waited for law enforcement. Oh if only................