4 years of living on central campus. I never thought I would say this, as I got tired of all the craziness, busyness, and run-down aspects of living on central campus (and it cost a fortune as well), but I do miss the convenience. Or, it's more, I miss not having all the bus problems I have been having, as of late.
For instance, last Friday was a horrible bus day. I was suppose to be at work at 7:30am, and proceeded to miss my normal #2 AATA bus (although I was at the bus stop at 7:15am), and ended up at work, at 7:50am. I then, miss the bus coming out of work, making me late for therapeutics. As I was riding that bus back to my apartment, I pulled on the cord (to signal a stop coming), and THE CORD BREAKS. Yep, that's right, I pulled on the cord, and it just BROKE. The passengers next to me just looked at me and started laughing, as I replied, "well.... I've never have had that happen before. Shhhh no one say anything!" as I proceeded to quickly walk out of the bus.
Perhaps it's the 10 minute fast paced/half sprint of a walk I have to take to get to the bus stop. I mean, at times, I LOVE walking in the morning, as it's quite refreshing- I mean, I used to run at 6am during P2 year, just to stay awake in classes. However, when it's a frantic 10 minute fast paced walk, you're sweating by the end of your walk as you enter the stuffy bus. And I sweat like a man. It's gross. So I've begun to simply DRIVE my car to the front of the neighborhood, park my car, and then walk a few minutes to the bus stop. Much, much better.
Until this morning. I was walking my usual fast paced walk to the bus stop. I had my nice gray pants on, as I had to go to work after class. As I'm getting close to a bridge where I cut through a few complexes, another person comes out of their apartment building. To avoid the awkwardness of walking side by side with them (you know the awkwardness), I proceeded to walk faster. As I'm walking faster, I set my foot on the bridge, and, as it had rained this morning, proceeded to slip and FALL right on the bridge, soiling my gray pants. I was so mad. And the person who I had avoided the awkwardness, didn't even stop. She just kept walking (I guess I would have done the same thing though).
BAH. So ridiculous. I went and bought a "grad student" after hours permit yesterday (only 45 bucks for the whole year! What a steal!) that allows me to park in structures and lots after 3pm and weekends... so that's nice... but to save gas, I'm still going to take the bus. Even, despite the pain of it, I'll still do it.
I just hope it gets better. haha.
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