>Welcome to Jen Y. Lee's World!: July 2008

Am i obsessed with the Bus or what!

That's all i seem to talk about nowadays - but I can't get over how different your day feels just by a simple change of riding the bus to work!

This is probably my 3rd week of taking the bus to and from work regularly. I am trying to schedule my work day so that no meetings will hover into critical "Last Bus" hours - otherwise - those are the days I drive to work.

Somehow the fact that the Bus won't wait for you, or will sometimes show up 10 minutes before or after a scheduled stop time - forces you to really either leave the house or leave work at a set time. No dilly-dallying or else I could be stranded. And if I need to be at work Super Early - it's a little less unbearable if i take the bus to work to do so. Is it because you're surrounded by other miserable souls that had to wake up too early to get to their destinations as well?

Today was interesting - since I expected we would get off work early - I decided to go off the beaten track and take a detour on a different bus that also picked up at my stop. So I looked up the Bus Route, found out it drops off right by the Fashion Square Mall - and decided that was where I would go. Then, as long as i didn't miss the last DASH bus that picks up from the Mall to a stop close to home - I'd be home free. (Okay - more like Home after spending $1.50!)

Speaking of the DASH - I used to love riding these when i was in my USC days - because these Buses were always nicer and roomier than other buses - and they were always only 25cents! Bargain Lovers like me could hang out on a Dash Route all day!

So you get your random 'occurrances'... Like the Bus Drivers that are Honk-Happy, Tailgaters, Racers, and Gabbers. Like the random drive by whistlers - who can barely see you as you drive past as you're sitting at the stop - but they're bored and have nothing better to do. Like the scolding you get from the Bus Drivers if you started boarding before other passengers get off, or if you didn't properly wave to the driver to stop for you.

But then, what interesting stories they make for later, right?