To Work - 11.28

Well, my 13-hour thanksgiving drive caught up with me this morning and I woke up feeling like I still needed 8 more hours of sleep. I even skipped a supposedly epic early-morning surf session with a good friend of mine.

I managed to get down to the bus stop again, and was surprised to find another riding companion there. We got on a bit after 8, I swiped my card, sat down, and promptly passed out against the window. What a delight to nap on your way to work!

I was woken up when the bus driver came around to check our passes form Fare Zone 1 into Fare Zone 2, but quickly dozed off again. When we got to the "Central Hub" I wasn't missing any possessions and felt much more awake.



It was a quick transfer onto WS1 and off to Riverside. It seems after a day of slight nervousness I've got the routine down. So far, I'm figuring any professional looking to commute on the bus could easily ask a couple questions of their driver, do some minimal online research, take a couple small leaps of faith and have a pretty good routine within one day.



I did find out the source of yesterday's dilemma. It seems Nov. 6th JTA changed their service routes. These were posted in the bus. I just neglected to take notice yesterday. It seems since I started researching this project in late October that they've changes the R1 service from going along Riverside to being an express bus down to the ever-popular FCCJ Kent Campus. So, my once straight-shot route now has a transfer. This obviously isn't too bad, unless, perhaps R1 gets caught in some nasty traffic on Atlantic Boulevard. I guess it's important to read things printed on bright yellow paper with the headline "ATTENTION RIDERS."

I did a little more of my German book on the way to work and arrived at ten after nine refreshed from a little morning nap.



Here's a German phrase of the day for today: Statt des Autos nehmen wir die Bus - Instead of the car we take the bus.