My head hurts. Clearly my brain reminding me it is the boss!

Oct 03, 2008 10:38


Ick my guts are churning abit today.
Came home last night and Brendon was in abit of a drinking mood for some reason (so not like him) and before I know it Im doing jager bombs on an empty stomach and chain smoking outside while sipping a glass of merlot.
Felt great at the time, fantastic....not so great when Im waking up at 5am because Im having disturbing dreams about the accounts girl at work making out with clones of herself (let's not delve into that one).
I suffer with hangovers so bad these days, it was pretty hard to get motivated to get out of bed this morning. I sort of hinted at Brendon that I didn't want to go that I was tempted to fake another sicky but he wasn't very encouraging of the idea (like when I said to him "Nah I probably should go" he goes "Yeah you should babe") so I forced a coffee down into my vile stomach and attempted to look like I'd had a healthy nights sleep by applying enough foundation to paint a house.
Feeling a tiny bit better now Im here at work. There's actually abit more work today so that should keep me nicely distracted.
In other news I have an issue about Melbourne's lovely public transport system I feel needs to be shared.

So there I am last night, waiting at North Richmond station for my train to Flinders. Had a really good day at work yesterday so left work on abit of a happy high which was nice.
Train arrives on time, I get on and get myself a seat and what luck....someone has left me a copy of todays MX neatly folded up on the seat. Sweet score!
Get off at Flinders and make my way over to platform 4, just missing the 5:04pm werribee that I seem to always just miss. That's fine I always get the next one.
The TV screen on the platform changes.....Next Train 5:10pm Werribee and sure enough 2 minutes later a train pulls in with the words WERRIBEE on the front.
Now at this stage you would assume that was the 5:10pm Werribee train wouldn't you? The screens are still saying 5:10pm Werribee Line train so naturally I get on and think nothing of it.
Taking for granted that I am on my train home I get myself a seat and begin to get absorbed in my MX.
First I read the "Vent Your Spleen" section - my favourite bit and have a laugh at the silly things people whinge about.
Then I flip to the "Nosh" section and read a reveiw on a restaurant in Brunswick famous for their wine selection and perfect steak.
I browse through and read a few more little articles with headlines of interest to me before I flip to the gossip page at the back to see what all the celebs are up to.
Having finished all the sections of interest I decide to look up. We must be at footscray by now, Im dying to get some food and get home and relax tonight.
I look around at the station we have pulled into and begin to get confused.
Little townhouses surround the station and the station itself is a wash of overhanging leafy trees.
This doesn't look familiar.
I check for a station sign...."Kensington", wait isn't Kensington that little one after North Melbourne, right before footscray?
I had almost convinced myself this when it suddenly dawned on me. That station is called South Kensington, this is the station near the costume shop I did work experience at last year, which means Im on the Broadmeadows line.
Sure enough my horrow is confirmed when I look up and see the electronic sign in the train displaying the words
"This is a service to Broadmeadows....the next station is Newmarket".
What?!
How the hell did that happen?!
Did the driver just suddenly decide he felt like going to Broadmeadows instead?
Why didn't he make an announcement if there was a change in the service? I could have gotten off at North Melbourne and still got my Werribee train.
Im just about to get up and get off when the doors close and the train pulls away. Oh well I'll have to get off at Newmarket and get a train back to North Melbourne...I haven't been on this train long maybe if I hurry I can still make my Werribee train at North Melbourne.
So I get off at Newmarket, change platforms...cursing connex the whole time and wondering whether it's mean to ring Brendon and ask him to pick me up. Then deciding against it as I don't even know where this station is!
I push the little green button on the platform for train information and to my horror am told by a smug male voice that the next train to Flinders Street will not be here for 30 minutes!
By this stage it's already 20 to 6, a time when I would normally be on my train, pulling into Newport.
Well Im angry, thats obvious but what can I do. I decide Im thirsty so I'll buy a drink from the drink machine, have a smoke and call mum to tell her Im going to be late.
Of course though it would be just my luck that the drink machine decides to eat my $3.00 and then tell me all the drinks are sold out...and of course the coin return button seems to be inactive doesn't it!
I see a safeway across the road and decide I'll pop in and grab a red bull and maybe a packet of chips to tide me over until I can get to mums and get take away for tea. I do so, devour both, have my much needed ciggarette and ring mum.
Train arrives and I get on in a huff, giving all the other commuters greasies whenever they feel like looking my way. Im not in the mood for anyone atm.
Get to North Melbourne and the sky is dark. I hate being out after dark.
Have to then wait 15 minutes for the next Werribee which of course is packed to the walls which just made me even happier.
Then a crowd of rowdy Maori girls sitting near me decide theyre going to practise singing Maori songs together all the way from Footscray to Altona....which would have actually been pleasent if they weren't clearly pack a day smokers with gravelly singing voices who kept hitting notes off key.
I finally get to altona and am actually starting to feel sick from scoffing down the chips and red bull so actually at this stage don't even want take out for tea.
I get to mums by 7:15pm, an hour and 15 minutes later than usual and stay at mums for an hour, have a coffee with her and hear all about Jess's day in court before I decide enough is enough.
I feel sick, Im pissed off, Im tired and I badly need a glass of wine and cuddle so I say my goodbyes to the family, promise to make trivia night saturday and leave.
So I guess that kind of explains my excessive drinking last night. Like I said to Brendon Connex are making me an alcoholic!
Prayers that tonight my train goes where it says it's going to, I couldn't handle a repeat performance!

Anyway Im starving and the weather is beautiful outside so I might go to the loo then go on my break a tad early.
YAY IT'S FRIDAY MY FAVOURITE DAY!

Caio xo

hangovers, connex, trains, alcohol, mx, sick

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