Bus in the crosswalk
This evening, while heading over to AB's for dinner and learning (only one of which actually happened), I was stopped from crossing Amsterdam at 96th street by a bus in the crosswalk. It wasn't just sticking out into the crosswalk - it was right in the middle of it. The sign said walk, but there was no safe way to walk around it until after the light had long since changed. This frustrated me because what right did the bus have to sit right there? It wasn't like another bus was parked in front of it! (Granted, there probably was a bus in front of it when it first stopped, but still...) But all I could do was walk past and glare in the driver's general direction. Then I turned my head the other way, and there was Associated (a supermarket, for those who don't know). That was when I remembered that I was supposed to buy eggs to use for dinner. As it turns out, the bus in the crosswalk was rather helpful.
Of course, it is not hard to figure out why I was in a state of mind that lent itself to my forgetting that I was supposed to stop for eggs. Which is why I could get all philosophical and metaphorical, and talk about other, more figurative obstacles and detours. Especially because people seem to like to say that things are "meant to be."
But the whole thing is still a bit too fresh in my mind. So I will have to save these thoughts for later.
And, on a different note, thank you to all who were involved in the second part of my birthday gift - the digital camera now has a memory card that can hold more than 15 pictures. I really appreciate it.
And thank you to AB for having lots of huggable things in her apartment (herself included). And also for making dinner.
Of course, it is not hard to figure out why I was in a state of mind that lent itself to my forgetting that I was supposed to stop for eggs. Which is why I could get all philosophical and metaphorical, and talk about other, more figurative obstacles and detours. Especially because people seem to like to say that things are "meant to be."
But the whole thing is still a bit too fresh in my mind. So I will have to save these thoughts for later.
And, on a different note, thank you to all who were involved in the second part of my birthday gift - the digital camera now has a memory card that can hold more than 15 pictures. I really appreciate it.
And thank you to AB for having lots of huggable things in her apartment (herself included). And also for making dinner.