need spell chek12:16 AM 8/20/2009
here i sit on greyhound wondering how i forgot just how i swore off this particular trip from nyc to detroit. guess i get a buzz from nyc and think i'm super escort or something and commit to run to detroit. the bus trip has been remarkable for the sake of semblance of order lets begin at the beginning of this august 2009 road trip.
okay so sometimes you dont ask for it but ya get it anyway. My fran had paid for my air in exchange for a session in advance late july. unfortunatly that dreaded old super period ruined that date. friend/fan kindly understood and re paid for another. must mention i treasure folks like this. anyway trip re set. sat 650 am. come friday i run into the doc to have a sliver of glass i got stuck in my knee removed., no biggie. tetnus shot left a nasty bruise is worst of it. come saturday Bds n me drive up the night before and settle into economy motel all set with wake up call. so's when i get up to nwa/delta they tell me my plane was gone at 6a. yep the buxom blocky young black woman proclaims "any plan goin in dat direction 'salways gone by 6, you done missed that and no way you gettin out of here today" end result i pay 50 for a reissue and low and behold the depart time on that printed ticket is 6a. sheesh, so we slink back home and i repack. undaunted by having to leave at 2am to drive, wasnt going to blow more funds on a motel, off we go. as Bds drives i chat and text happy and excited about the trip. and all of a sudden there is a big thump. the honda element sort of sighs, steve is devastated, cars disabled and i'm not exactly up to speed of whats doin. i do not realize that we hit a deer and the car wont operate, uh until i do. so we get out and strong stink of radiator hits me. "Shit is it going to explode?" i ask. 1232wsamn ,Well Bds is beyond pissed and time for me to be quiet. We carry liability and aaa is it. steve says something about suing the deer, a joke. okay the PO was kind. The tow truck driver even got his boss out of bed to put us in a loaner from the dealership. The ride was really physically tough on me as my sciatica was acting up and i had no way to get out of pain. Yep that wil keep a girl awake alright. So back home we go. Manage to get a replacement ride. Rebook the ticket after 3 hrs on the cell w the airline. thought my cell was going to burst into flames it got so hot. Alrighty then the trip finally begins sunday.
7a departure time went off without a hitch. did have to change planes twice but made the connections. puppy to be delivered did well with sedation. when i get there here's my fran who went above and beyond the call of duty by meeting me at the gate. I see him from afar but dont recognize him from looks like another 20 lb weight loss. go fran! he takes me to meet my dog in law, mission accomplished and we are free to head back to his digs and relax. way beautiful in that area of PA. great hospitality and rest. i slept for 12 hrs, 9p - 9a. caught the cleanest greyhound i ever been on with seat belts and a skilled driver who threaded us right through that scarry old lincoln tunnel. This time i'm booked in Korea town instead of my usual mid town. Looks improved from my last stay. Saw my regulars and had a light schedule. I was seduced by all the sparkel and had to shop. Bought the most beautiful natural turkey feather boa. Poor little shop girl had to contort and squeeze way back to get that particular one, the only one in the store. Note to shop girls do not wear dingy oversized panties with too tight pants. I think everyone behind her was dying give them draws a pull. i digress.,., So the last night i see a dear fran and we like to have a couple cocktails before he heads home. really fun catching up w jon and he inspired me to blog more when i realized he did indeed read my last ones and jon generally does not much care to read. maybe he burned out on reading from having to do so much in school. after he goes i settle in to bed with my heating pad and here comes the ice cream craving. well hell why not give in and get it behind me. so off i go down the stinky street to the convenience store. Now at 1a in that area the street is crammed w drunks hookers and slimmy fish trash in those huge plastic garbage bags. I'm striding along in my water socks and cut offs and take a long side step over a grate, am lothe to step on the street grates and wham my foot slips on the slime and i come crashing down on my side. elboe took the worse of it. i go to get up with onlookers agape at why/how did that happen. and i am reluctantly brushing the slime off me and get more excited about it when i see maggots. so i grab a few napkins and persevere to the ice cream. get home take a long shower and climb into bed and really enjoy that ice cream.
next day i need to catch the bus at 3p. travelers board and alls well until Newark. A few of the new riders are pretty staggery. yep some defenitly have a load on and are not carrying it well. one house ape hollars "GUN" n roars up to the driver insisting this woman is going to shoot him. Mr bulligerent will not sit down and shut up for the driver. woman says he's lying. Great, back to the newark terminal, wait for the PD to show up and sort this out. That was our floor show and off we go. So far so good. Thanks to the good folks who make pharmacuticals i am reasonably comfortable and a bloggin away. Change buses at Cleveland and soon 2 b i Detroit. Oh yea, my cell only works when plugged into the wall so that was an enabler for blogging as well. Moore soon as i have it. Peace, out
well wouldnt ya know it here in cleveland the connecting bus is full so the deal is just wait for the next one. what if that one's full? Greyhound can sell seats but when they are full they keep selling them. supervisor says its in the fine print. i dont see it. just another glaring example of the deterioration of society when a democracy becomes a plutocracy. Come ON Obama cowboy up will ya! All us poor folks busted butt for you to be elected. I'd have had John Edwards, unfortunate turn there. back soon, uh, i hope