Today was my first day back at work. But before that, I had a little adventure.

Usually Dave's dad drops me off at the train station. This weekend, his parents were in New York. Before Dave left for work in the morning, I sleepily asked him to make sure that none of the cars was blocking my car. He came back and said that my car was free. Then he left for work, and I also heard Justin leave for work, as well. I was all alone in the house.

So I got up and got ready for my day back at work.

Once I got to the bathroom and looked at myself, I realized...

How can I drive with one bad eye?

No one to drive me to the station, I had to make it on my own.

I will no longer yell at old drivers when I'm in my car, because it could be someone who's leaving their house for the first time after a retinal attachment. I was the most cautious driver ever! At stop signs I would look left, right, left again, right again, then as I was crossing the intersection, I would do a half circle scan of the streets, in case I missed anything.

Since this was the first time I actually drove to the station, I had to find parking. (I would have to actually drive right up to the sign just to read it) Little did I know that all the parking around the station is permit only. I drove around a bit and couldn't find any all day parking. I stopped and asked a woman on the street if she knew of a place, and she gave me directions. I followed them and got lost.

Finally I just drove up to the station and asked the guy at the window. He gave me directions to a lot that was about 5 blocks away. I made it to this lot, and started my journey to the train. Right before I got there, I saw the crossing gates go down.

Yeah, I missed the train.

And damn suburbs - there wasn't another train for an hour.

While I was on the train, I got a call from the president of the company.

Me: Hello?
Him: Hey Christine, I got your email about you starting again today. I'm really happy to hear that.
Me: Yeah, I got the OK from the doc.
Him: It was nice of you to send that email. Now imagine my surprise when I passed your desk and YOU'RE NOT THERE. I assumed from your email when you said "I'll be coming back on Monday" that you'd be coming back today, which is Monday.
Me: Uh, yeah, I'm gonna be late. I had to drive to the train station.
Him: Ahh. Well, when you get a chance, make sure you get in today sometime. While it's still Monday.
Me: Uh, ok.

So I did get in. At about 11am. Only about 2 1/2 hours late!

Posted by Yano at August 2, 2004 08:06 PM

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