Can you name Part 2 differently than Part 1? Too bad, I just did it!
So...after work (leaving early, you'll remember), I trotted down to NE 8th St. Okay, trotted might be too strong a word. Walked fairly quickly (for me) might be more accurate. I did the 1/2 mile in 10 minutes, if that counts, thus proving that I CAN, indeed, make it to the bus stop each day within my 16 minute limit. Once again I was early and caught the bus before the one I was going to catch.
Wow. They sure hire some lovely people to drive the bus, don't they? Mr. Lovely did wave me through when my Orca Pass didn't work, I'll give him that, but I think it was because he didn't want to wait for me to fumble for the change to pay with.
We got closer to downtown Bellevue and he showed how truly wonderful he could be by 1) blasting his horn and yelling at the driver next to him, 2) even going so far as to call him a "dumb-a**", and 3) running a red light!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME???
Every time we were able to go, he slammed on the gas and when we had to stop he slammed on the brakes. We didn't get in any accidents. That's a good thing.
So, I'm once again stuck between the 2 Starbucks' and wondering if I'm ever going to survive this bus thing and along comes the Everett bus. YAY! A peaceful ride back to my car at the P&R! Except I forgot that it was Friday, and we had to take the freeway. Well, we only arrived 7 minutes late, so I guess that's okay. And I'm not sure what happened to the hour and 5 minute commute idea. That must have been without the walk time from work to the bus stop, which I neatly forgot to count.
Overall, the whole bus experience was okay. I'm not discouraged yet!
And about that Orca Pass...I now have this vague memory of the HR lady asking me if I was using the thing or should she cancel it...My bad!! Cost me 5 bucks, because I didn't have change, but it was a cheap lesson, I suppose.
Note to self: Bring change for the bus, just in case!
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