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Wake me when it's September
Jul. 30th, 2007 02:05 pmHazy hot and humid is the order of the day. I just want to crawl into a cool corner and hibernate until September. Maybe a brief appearance to celebrate my birthday... but by that point, it'll be nearly September anyway.
The subway was a disaster this morning. A woman was hit by a train up at Ballston, closing that station down and my station one stop up. We had to wait for a shuttle bus to come take us up to the next open station to go into DC. I was running late to begin with and wound up not getting in until 11am. On the bright side, at least the DC system does send shuttles. A lady on my shuttle talked about a similar horror story when she was stranded by the LA subway system in South Central LA -- not a place you want to get stuck particularly. The locals were very helpful, even telling her which buses to take but it was quite an adventure. They reopened the stations at noon, so at least my commute home should be uneventful. We can hope anyway.
I found out the story about my missing purse. A Giant Food employee stopped me on Sunday to tell me she'd been the one to find my purse when it originally went missing. Apparently I'd left it in the shopping cart. Like I figured, the purse had then been left hanging up in the office for months, before anyone realized I hadn't been contacted. I had checked back with the store and I'd even left my name and number. My phone number is unpublished. Fortunately my cell did have a charge left and she found the contact info for my parents, which is how my parents in Florida heard about Giant having my purse in Virginia. Weird how that works out.
The subway was a disaster this morning. A woman was hit by a train up at Ballston, closing that station down and my station one stop up. We had to wait for a shuttle bus to come take us up to the next open station to go into DC. I was running late to begin with and wound up not getting in until 11am. On the bright side, at least the DC system does send shuttles. A lady on my shuttle talked about a similar horror story when she was stranded by the LA subway system in South Central LA -- not a place you want to get stuck particularly. The locals were very helpful, even telling her which buses to take but it was quite an adventure. They reopened the stations at noon, so at least my commute home should be uneventful. We can hope anyway.
I found out the story about my missing purse. A Giant Food employee stopped me on Sunday to tell me she'd been the one to find my purse when it originally went missing. Apparently I'd left it in the shopping cart. Like I figured, the purse had then been left hanging up in the office for months, before anyone realized I hadn't been contacted. I had checked back with the store and I'd even left my name and number. My phone number is unpublished. Fortunately my cell did have a charge left and she found the contact info for my parents, which is how my parents in Florida heard about Giant having my purse in Virginia. Weird how that works out.
