Some Gifts Keep on Giving

That's how I'm feeling about the Kindle I finally received for Mother's Day. It has completely changed my commute, because now I am forever armed with great distractions. So far, this is all I can remember about the metro characters from the past few weeks:

{Although perhaps #3's square head could represent the man who was literally yelling to someone on the other end of his cell phone, during a call he placed while on the train, "Sir, I will be forced to sue."}

It's been kinda glorious.

xoxo -- Bookworm

Absence Did Not Make Me Grow Fonder.

{and who really says "fond" these days anyway? kind of an awkward word in my opinion}

April was a pretty glorious month, thanks to "Spring break" and some fabulous vacation time off with my family (and many metro-free days). As I contemplate life in between when my next break from commuting arrives, here's a list of 10 things I definitely did NOT miss about the metro:

1. Delays due to: "a situation at Metro Center" or  "smoke on the track" or "a train off-loading at Foggy Bottom" or "fill in the blank with any numerous and frequently occuring excuses for delays"
2. The stairmaster workout from continuously broken escalators
3. Depressing commuter fashions and inappropriate rain gear
4. Blue/Orange line trains operating on a single track
5. Being subjected to the public's personal hygiene issues
6. Treacherously slippery tiles in the entrance/exit and walkways
7. Nearly always inaccurate signs projecting "next train times"
8. "Customers, be advised, this train is out of service. This train is out.of.service."
9. The annoying woman's courtesy voice on loop repeating, "Excuse me, is that your bag?"
10. The $51/week in total fare charges for the experience of it all.

xoxo Happy Spring!