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Ugh. I hate riding the bus on the weekends. Starting 5:30 Friday nights, the regular Sundowner bus too and from Q and K lots changes schedules, and it no longer stops at every bus stop unless someone is actually standing on the curb waiting, *or* unless you call a head of time and tell them you need a ride. Today, however, the friggin bus *didn't even stop* when I was waiting at Atwood to catch a ride down to my car so I could go to work. I was walking out the door and it just drove right on past. Guess it's my own fault for not being *quite* to the actual bus stop yet... ::sarcasm:: Which meant I had to wait a half hour and catch the 6:45 bus at the Library, where they're required to stop no matter what anyway. Mind you, I had to work at 7, so I ended up being 15 minutes late. AAARG! At least I was able to call work and let them know. Must love cell phones.
Then, when I got *back* from work (at 10 pm), all the spaces up on campus were taken (no permit is required to park up campus on weekends), so I ended up having to drive back down to Q lot and park it there. Of course there was a hockey game tonight that happened to be getting finished just as I was getting back to campus, so the police had all the lower lots blocked off to make way or the hella heavy traffic disembarking from the hockey center, so I couldn't even get to Q lot and park my car. Okay, I can deal with that. I needed gas anyway, so it gave me an excuse to drive around some more, give Coyote a chance to warm up further (it takes a long time for his engine to warm up to the point where it can go more than 20 mph if it's below freezing outside) before shutting him down for the night. Oh, yeah, and did I mention that at this point it was freezing rain? Roads weren't deadly yet, but anything not totally saturated with road salt was. Anyway, I get gas, and by that time the heaviest of the hockey traffic is gone, so the lots are unblocked, and I get as good a parking space as one can in a lot in the middle of freaking no where, and head to the heated bus stop to wait for the Sundowner. It was supposed to be there at 10:10. And it was. Except, guess what? This time it didn't even drive *by* the bus stop! It just went to Q lot (at this point, I was at the Husky Hub one lot up from there because, um, yeah... heated with benches and everything; the Q lot's bus stop is wooden box that occasionally manages to keep the rain off, but nothing else). And the Husky Hub is *supposed* to be one of those required stops! ARRRRRG!
So, I end up having to wait for the 10:40 bus, which miracle of miracles, actually stops where it's supposed too. But, dammit... I should've gotten back to the dorm an hour before I did. I was on time! I was even early! And I was at stop that is supposed to be required on the weekends! I got done with work at 9:30. The university is all of THREE MILES AWAY from the Y. I didn't get back here until 11 pm! Yegads, I hate weekend public transportation!
Then, when I got *back* from work (at 10 pm), all the spaces up on campus were taken (no permit is required to park up campus on weekends), so I ended up having to drive back down to Q lot and park it there. Of course there was a hockey game tonight that happened to be getting finished just as I was getting back to campus, so the police had all the lower lots blocked off to make way or the hella heavy traffic disembarking from the hockey center, so I couldn't even get to Q lot and park my car. Okay, I can deal with that. I needed gas anyway, so it gave me an excuse to drive around some more, give Coyote a chance to warm up further (it takes a long time for his engine to warm up to the point where it can go more than 20 mph if it's below freezing outside) before shutting him down for the night. Oh, yeah, and did I mention that at this point it was freezing rain? Roads weren't deadly yet, but anything not totally saturated with road salt was. Anyway, I get gas, and by that time the heaviest of the hockey traffic is gone, so the lots are unblocked, and I get as good a parking space as one can in a lot in the middle of freaking no where, and head to the heated bus stop to wait for the Sundowner. It was supposed to be there at 10:10. And it was. Except, guess what? This time it didn't even drive *by* the bus stop! It just went to Q lot (at this point, I was at the Husky Hub one lot up from there because, um, yeah... heated with benches and everything; the Q lot's bus stop is wooden box that occasionally manages to keep the rain off, but nothing else). And the Husky Hub is *supposed* to be one of those required stops! ARRRRRG!
So, I end up having to wait for the 10:40 bus, which miracle of miracles, actually stops where it's supposed too. But, dammit... I should've gotten back to the dorm an hour before I did. I was on time! I was even early! And I was at stop that is supposed to be required on the weekends! I got done with work at 9:30. The university is all of THREE MILES AWAY from the Y. I didn't get back here until 11 pm! Yegads, I hate weekend public transportation!