Things I Notice While Waiting For or Riding the Bus

·         There are lots of folks in my neighborhood I’ve never met and some of them ride the bus.

·         When the kids get off at the high school is the perfect time to grab a good seat.

·         It’s May and my breath is still visible in the morning.

·         Walking down hill is easier but more jarring than walking uphill.

·         Some people are really rude.

·         Most people go out of their way to be polite and helpful.

·         Mercer Slough is wide open – they must have cut back the foliage.

·         The women coming out of the overnight YWCA with all their belongings somehow make me sadder than the men coming out of the Gospel Shelter with all their belongings.

·         My teeth don’t clench when I don’t have to deal with commute traffic.

·         The front face-forward seats have a pitch too short to easily accommodate my femurs.

·          There are lots of interesting things to look at when you’re not the driver.

·         You shouldn’t read a book during the run up 4^th Ave. The road is not so smooth and the shaking text will give you a headache.

·         Getting off early and walking the last quarter mile or so is refreshing.

·         Getting off at the wrong stop and walking the same quarter mile unintentionally is annoying.

·         An iPod is all about not having to listen to the lady behind you argue with her kids over her cell phone.

·         People on cell phones frequently have really foul mouths.  Even when talking to their kids.

·         The kneeling bus with the extendable wheelchair lift is really a cool piece of equipment.

·         Getting on a bus with only a book in hand for twenty minutes of uninterrupted reading is the perfect segue from workday to home life.