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A Thankful rant...

so what am I thankful for.... I can think of a lot but this morning I was really thankful for my car.
my '99 jetta has nearly 90,000 miles and I am feeling kind of attached after my experience yesterday. I've been putting off getting a new catalytic converter for Ms. Jetta, and finally I broke down to do it before the car did. After leaving the car in the shop, I waited for the bus to go to work. Yesterday was definitely the coldest morning so far this year! I ended up waiting outside for over an hour. I decided they really should have the PAT phone number on the bus stop signs! No buses came past in that entire hour, even though 5 were listed on the sign. I could take partial blame for not doing my "Ride Gold" research before setting out to do this! However, being 9 AM, I thought and hoped there would be something going in to Downtown! Around 10 am, I spotted a Yellow Cab, got the phone number from their decals, (they are obviously smart enough to provide their phone number!) and resorted to call a cab!
After another 25 mins, the cab came and we were on our way. After another $25, I made it to my office. The cabbie proceeded to make fun of me, saying where I was is "the suburbs and there ain't no buses out here" Well! I guess those silly blue signs that say "bus stop" are really fake. I emailed PAT just to make sure and they are checking on it for me.
So I happily got in my car this morning, and drove to work! Forget about saving the environment and the ozone layer, isn't it just more convenient for me to drive myself around?

OK, I am really an environmentally conscience person, but when it comes to physical discomfort (cold!) and long waiting times... I was really thankful to get to work in 20 mins & the warmth and convenience of my own car this morning! And if the buses ran on schedule.. I don't mind that either!

posted by carla @ 1:43 PM