After work today I took the truck to get checked out and since Miko was staying in Boulder, I decided to take the bus home. As I was walking from the Firestone to the bus stop, it started to rain. It took me about 10 min to walk to the bus stop and as I was getting close, my bus went by.
So I waited in the rain for a few minutes when another bus pulled up. It wasn't my usual line, but the driver assured me that he went to my stop, so I got on. I ended up being the only person on the bus for my 45min bus ride though parts of town I didn't even know existed.
I had a pleasant time talking to my bus driver who came to the US from Yugoslavia in 1996. When the bus did finally get to the right part of town, the rain had only gotten worse. Normally when I take the bus home, I have a car stashed at the bus stop so I can drive the 2.5 miles from the bus stop to my house. Since I left the car at Firestone (a 15 min drive from my house, 45min on this crazy indirect bus), I had planned on walking back to my house. At the time I formulated the plan, there was no rain. By the time I got off the bus, there was a lot of rain.
I actually was having a rather pleasant walk along the shoulder of the highway in the very heavy rain. I really enjoyed imagining the reactions of all the people driving by wondering what in the world I was doing.
Three cars stopped to ask me if they could give me a ride. Since I was already thinking how much my mother would be horrified at the thought of her drenched daughter walking home in the fading sunlight in the rain on the side of the highway, I declined the first two offers. The third was a woman who was very persistent, and when I gave my "Oh, I'm just up ahead" she said, "near Charlene?" so since she knew my next-door-neighbor without me prompting, I decided that she probably wasn't an axe murderer and gave in and let her drive me the rest of the way home.
I had a fun adventure, learned that there are some really nice people out there, and that the streets in Yugoslavia are much cleaner than they are in the US. And when it looks like rain, bring a coat and/or umbrella.
Wednesday, May 3, 2006
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