"Take the Scenic route"

You know how everyone hates Monday's but no one ever really has a reason to hate them until after they are done? Well, I had one of those Monday's yesterday........

I got up and headed for the bus station only to get there right as it was about to pull off ....UGH!  I had to sprint to the bus from my car and wedge my butt between two other ladies that really didn't want me sitting there in the first place. You could totally tell they were wanting me to move the back of the bus but I didn't care ha ha I just sat right on down. I got that ""over the brow" look from one of them too ha ha
                                                      
                                                             GRRRRRRRR!
                                                     Stuff it Granny, I'm sittin' down!
                                          (kidding, I would never be mean to my elders)

My day went fine and actually went by really fast. In order to catch it going home I have to be in front of my building ready to get on at 4:10. SO I was down in front of the building standing there with my Metro Card in hand ready to hop on and ride home when I see it coming my way but it wasn't slowing down. I started thinking to myself....ok, is that the wrong bus? I look at it and it said "35 Rivergate" yep, that was headed my way alright but it's was all good. No worries there was another one coming. I see it coming up the street so I get ready...pretty funny too because I am only 5 feet tall and my bag weighed a great deal more than usual yesterday so I had to kid of have a stance out there, almost as if I was gearing up to take a hit or something ha ha, anyway I see it coming and then I see it go right on by too! WTF! Yes, passed by not only 1 but 2 damn buses! I know I am short and all but I am not that short, I can be seen over the planters for crying out loud! After all that, I need to take a breather so I sit my stuff down and end up sitting on the bench until 4:30 when another bus comes up but this ones actually pulls up and stops enough for the hydraulics to kick in so that I didn't have to make such a big leap to get on ha ha. After being on for about 2 seconds I realized that this bus said "26 Rivergate & Gallatin Rd.". ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! For a second I started to panic but then I was ok and all I could do was laugh at myself and the situation. I mean this was how my life is......hilarious...one crappy bus ride at a time! Of course there weren't any seats so I had to stand...

After the 1st stop a guy got off and I took his seat.

                                                                What? Is this a joke? :)

      For the next hour I watched people get on the bus and get off the bus. I watched as no one spoke to one another and how most of the people if you smile at them out of kindness they just look at you crazy instead of smiling back. I did see a few acts of kindness that were awesome and I wish there were more people like them.....

The man here in the picture noticed that a younger man, a kid that most would probably consider a "punk" didn't have enough money and was going to have to get off the bus. The guy bought his way that day. It wasn't the amount of money it was the act that meant so much in my opinion.

The driver of the bus was a pretty cool lady also! There was an elderly lady that got on at one stop and she looked as if she might have been living on the streets. She was very dirty, had most of her belongings in her plastic bag she was carrying and the driver said to her" I was worried about you, I haven't seen you in a few days is everything ok?" The driver and the lady talked for a few minutes while we went on to the next few stops until the elderly lady got off the bus and hugged the driver. The lady told the driver that she loved her and she appreciated her. I thought that was the nicest conversation.

I rode that bus so long that by the time I got off it looked like this.....

I finally got off a block from where I originally got on that morning and Dr. Pepper came to rescue me while I was walking across the parking lot at the Rivergate Mall. I had to laugh.....didn't you?