Planes, Trains and Automobiles: The Week returns...
On Friday I thought the future could only be brighter...I was wrong.
The weekend was great...no complaints...but Monday hit, along with a resurgence of incessent rain. I live a five minute walk from the train station, and thanks to the lovely cabbie who didn't feel the need to slow down or avoid the massive puddle, I was soaked within two minutes of leaving my house.
As I wasn't going to the office, I couldn't even try for a 're-do' nor could I take off my wet socks and dry my shoes while I worked. Instead I had to drip for the rest of the day. Of course because I was going from meeting to meeting I only got progressively wetter and more surely throughout the day.
I also got more bitter at the world when after my first meeting I went to go make a call to confirm my next meeting only to find I couldn't find my phone. And i definately knew I had had my phone earlier...which meant I had lost my phone.
After my second meeting I went to the train station and only had to wait 45 mintues for a trian. Normally this is a long wait, but because there was so much rain, most the trains were cancelled or severly delayed...my boss left work (driving) at 2 today and arrived home at 7...she lives an hour away from work....so my 45 minute wait wasn't so bad...it was even on the train, which wasn't delayed due to rain but a lack of a driver (I found this fact interesting in that so many trains were cancelled (at the station that I was at) but yet there was in fact a SHORTAGE of drivers)....
The flooding of course meant a longer journey home, and on my final walk home I was duly sprayed with water by a motorist...it seem appropriate really...
However the day hasn't been a complete loss...A nice man has found my phone and we are arranging a rendez vous tomorrow. My building is finally getting recycling facilities installed (finally my council tax at work) and I've had a few lovely chats with friends. I did find out that my plane ticket home isn't transferable so I'm going to have to ante up for a full return for xmas, but hey, that's water under the bridge for me for now...although perhaps I should say over the bridge due to this lovely 'summer' we are having...
Only four more days till the weekend!
The weekend was great...no complaints...but Monday hit, along with a resurgence of incessent rain. I live a five minute walk from the train station, and thanks to the lovely cabbie who didn't feel the need to slow down or avoid the massive puddle, I was soaked within two minutes of leaving my house.
As I wasn't going to the office, I couldn't even try for a 're-do' nor could I take off my wet socks and dry my shoes while I worked. Instead I had to drip for the rest of the day. Of course because I was going from meeting to meeting I only got progressively wetter and more surely throughout the day.
I also got more bitter at the world when after my first meeting I went to go make a call to confirm my next meeting only to find I couldn't find my phone. And i definately knew I had had my phone earlier...which meant I had lost my phone.
After my second meeting I went to the train station and only had to wait 45 mintues for a trian. Normally this is a long wait, but because there was so much rain, most the trains were cancelled or severly delayed...my boss left work (driving) at 2 today and arrived home at 7...she lives an hour away from work....so my 45 minute wait wasn't so bad...it was even on the train, which wasn't delayed due to rain but a lack of a driver (I found this fact interesting in that so many trains were cancelled (at the station that I was at) but yet there was in fact a SHORTAGE of drivers)....
The flooding of course meant a longer journey home, and on my final walk home I was duly sprayed with water by a motorist...it seem appropriate really...
However the day hasn't been a complete loss...A nice man has found my phone and we are arranging a rendez vous tomorrow. My building is finally getting recycling facilities installed (finally my council tax at work) and I've had a few lovely chats with friends. I did find out that my plane ticket home isn't transferable so I'm going to have to ante up for a full return for xmas, but hey, that's water under the bridge for me for now...although perhaps I should say over the bridge due to this lovely 'summer' we are having...
Only four more days till the weekend!
posted by Lyla @ 3:17 PM
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