Home stuffs

So, I'm home in Oceano for the weekend. Yay!

I was planning this for a few days and was planning on leaving Thursday evening after my last class, so I bought an Amtrak ticket for Thursday at 5:41pm. I even found a ride to the train station. But I had class until 5pm so I knew it would be cutting it close, but I made sure I had directions, all my stuff packed and ready to go and I guess I just assumed that the girl taking me would have her car on the side of campus that we would be on. When I told her it only takes 20 minutes to get to the station, I meant from where we would be at the end of class and that was in no way to give her the impression we could take our time to get there. I admit it was my fault for telling her she had time to get a Starbucks, and it was my fault for not making sure her car would be ready, but whatever... it wasn't... and I was wrong.

So, we ended up getting on the 405 around 5:39pm and as were inching onto the freeway, I call the station hotline for "train status" and she says, "Well, isn't there a grace period?"

Big sigh. No, honey, if a train says it's going to leave at 5:41pm, there's a good chance they usually make sure they are gone by 5:41pm. Otherwise they would probably round off to 5:40pm or 5:45pm. But it was a sweet thought.

As it turns out the train was delayed 5 minutes. So estimated arrival time was now 5:46pm, but it was still 5:43pm and there was no way we would be able to get to a station that was ten minutes away in less than three.

Anyway, I missed the train.

I was going to get the 5:41pm train and get to Santa Barbara around 9:30pm, where Eric and Kassi would pick me up and we would head back to Nipomo, so I wouldn't have to take the bus. But I had to get a ticket for the later train and didn't know I also had to get a bus ticket. Ugh...

Long story short, I waited for and took the 7:44pm train, got off in Los Angeles around 9:10pm and caught the Amtrak bus to Santa Barbara by 12:30am, where Eric and the sleepy Kassi picked me up. I spent the night at Kassi's and my mom picked me up in the morning.

And it wasn't until later that I realized I left my old high school gym shorts on the bus!! I was using them as a pillow and I guess it was so hot in there with the heater on high that they must have fallen out and I didn't realize it.    :(    I loved those shorts. So comfy! And I've had them since Freshman Year of High School!

They are much like my hi-top black Converse! They've been MIA for about 6 months now, and I think I need to give up on them and buy a new pair.

But what happens if they come back and see that I've bought a new pair! They will hate me!

Converse, where ever you are, know that I will always love you, no matter how many pair I have. You will always hold a special place in my heart and on my feet. Bon Voyage. I hope where ever you are, you are happy.