Yesterday, Sat, I went to church as always. Nothing big to report on that subject (church and John and motives, etc.). Under normal circumstances it takes me 40 minutes to an hour to get home from church by bus. Last night however it took almost two and a half hours. This is why...
Service let out at around five after seven. I left right away because I needed to break a $5 bill to get change for the bus. Apparently Sat night is the neighborhood shopping night and I didn't get back to the bus stop until after the bus had already been there. The next one was scheduled to arrive at 7:49, but it didn't get there until five minutes to 8.
By the time I got to the stop I transfer at to get to the apartment, it was just before dusk. I don't know the exact time because I had stopped checking my watch. I was in a situation I couldn't control (and getting frustrated) and I knew seeing my wait-time go from 5, to 10, to 15 minutes wouldn't help. So, some undetermined time later I was on the final bus home, or so I thought. It turns out that this particular bus takes a slight detour than the one I wanted. I say slight but it's a good 16 blocks out of my way.
At 9:00 PM, now very dark, I boarded the real final bus. 10 minutes later I got off at my stop and still had to walk 3 long blocks to get home. When I walked in the door my dad said he was beginning to wonder if I'd gotten mugged. That right there was actually the worst part of this whole ordeal. I like the dark and didn't mind getting home late. It was having my dad worrying about me that was frustrating.
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