Cait's on a train...
Monday, November 5, 2012
Things that go bump
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Days after Sandy
We get rolling on our trusty old diesel train and reach the next stop. Catching a glimpse of trees torn out of the ground like spring weeds was just the start. As we approached the next stop, I'm still telling myself that the breaks were just wet from the rain because on any other day, I would have said "WE HAVE NO BREAKS!!!!" We came in like a freaking bucking bronco stepping on hot potato chips! The folic remark from the gentleman a few seats back reassured me that my concerns weren't just mine. Things smoothed out and we eventually reached New York. "125th st will be next then grand central!" I'm thinking, "awesome! Not as bad as I thought it would be!"
Did I speak to soon??? DUH! Mr train man comes on the speaker after we have been sitting in Harlem with the doors open for 15 mins and says, "uh sorry folks we seem to have lost power. We're gunna leave the doors open just incase anyone wants to walk. The shuttles and busses aren't running yet and the subways are down so, bare with us, we just have to her power back... Somehow. By the way your trip is free today and tomorrow thanks to gov Cuomo." ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... Umm k. So my monthly pass that I paid for means nothing today and I'm stuck in Harlem with a bunch of smelly folks who don't have power..... This.... Is..... My life.
We eventually make it to GC and I walk to work with one of my coworkers. I can honestly admit I have never seen grand central so dead in my entire life.
So the moment of truth comes... We walk back to grand central to catch our trains home completely worried about what we'll walk into once inside. We open the doors and look at the boards for the listings of times and tracks.... Awesome!!! Trains!!!!! No tracks!!!!! Ha! As we turn the corner and head to the pit or cattle call area, we join about 600 other commuters all waiting to get on the next two trains. I felt like I was on supermarket sweep! As soon as my track came up, the mad dash began! Track 26! And then came the announcer man..."the blah blah blah train to Stamford is being combine with the blah blah blah train to Harrison." WHAT?! So I'm not at all surprised at what happened next, however I did see my life flash before me. As I was swept into the mass of 400 people rushing to board a train that HAD NOT ARRIVED YET, I was nearly pushed into the tracks by a very large man who was apparently worried he might not get a seat! Buddy, I would have given you mine had I known that was coming! Needless to say the train came in and could not hold the amount of commuters eager to get back to their cold, dark, powerless homes. Luckily for me, the train door stopped right in front of me, I stepped on, got a seat and prepared for the second worst ride in my life. My ride home consisted of a grumpy packed train with people jam packed into every corner of the cars, cellphone talkers, seat changers and.... Drumroll please..... The man with the upset stomach! :D Tada!!! Every time the train stopped, people got off and new people got on. Small talk about the storm and lack of power was inevitable. Squished between the side of the train and the man that sat down on top of me, I realized I had been on the train for 1.5 hours. I get to do it all over again tomorrow.... For free!!!! Wait..... Crap. Enjoy my pix!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
I'm BACK!!!
-ear hair
-nose cobwebs
-get a room
-I can't believe what I'm hearing OMG
-the last train of the night
-the second to last train of the night
-hobbit foot no shoes
-popcorn mouth
-sleepy time mask
-feet, feet and more feet
-new trains, no seat piping
AND THIS DOESN'T EVEN SCRATCH THE SURFACE...
Friday, October 22, 2010
Ooo metro north! How funny are YOU?!
the next stop... People start to panic... Just as Mr. Joe mighty passenger man gets up to see to the bottom of this... The train conductor SLAMS on the breaks and.... Might joe takes flight.... Right through one car alllllllllllll the way into the next car. Ouch! He was ok, his fold up scooter broke the fall..... No he didn't start rolling down the aisle....
So I start to laugh because this is typical and then we start rolling backwards.... Which is always a little unnerving when done so quickly... Did they check to see f there was another train hauling booty on the same track? Eh no biggie....its not like there are train collisions or anything to worry about.
Happy travels folks. Big foot news paper eye poker elbows man just sat on me with a hot cup of coffee. Fun times. ;)
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Nip Nip man...
So... after two cups of airborne, one pack of Emergen-C, three cups of Thermaflu Max D, 12 tablets of Sudafed severe cold and flu... taken over the course of three days, two bags of cough drops, three bowls of chicken soup, three boxes of tissues and an amazingly loving husband... I still don't have a voice, can only breath through one nostril and have been told "you look like death, go home!" twice in one day. :)
So, having said that... here's my story, I'm sticking to it... I got on my train to come home today, sat down, put my knees up, looked up to.... nearly have my eye taken out by some fat mans nip nip standing at attention, poking' through his dress shirt... which was two sizes two small! I get that it's cooler out... layers are great, I'm a big fan, but PLEASE... when you are removing your outer layers of clothing on the train, do not face me and take them off like you are JLO in a music video. No one wants to see that. ALSO, please note... that when the body grows past the maximum capacity of said garment, it's best to go out a buy the next size up. We've all been there... we all have our fat clothes... sometimes it's best to hide what the world doesn't need to see. All in all, not a bad train ride... but if nothing else... dress shirt material is thin, purchase an undershirt. ;)
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
They can't all be funny...
Slid my butt down in the seat, put my knees up, iPod was in.... There were plenty of open seats around me. So I shut my eyes.... I really think “Lurch” was just watching and waiting. Two seconds after shutting my eyes I felt an awkward tap on the shoulder.... Ooo what could it be? Joy... A seatmate!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Stuck in the middle
I nearly laughed out loud because as I took my walk of shame down the aisle as the late comer, every single person in a three seater did EXACTLY what I would do in this situation... They pretended to be sleeping! Lmao I found solice in knowing I wasn't the only person to fake sleep to avoid a second seat mate.
So I walked until I found two females with bags all over the middle seat. I asked if I could sit there and woman on the end smiled and moved her bags (she wasn't a month ticket holder.... Generally they are nicer.) HOWEVER the larger than normal beast sitting near the window shot me the stink eye and moved her bag at the slowest pace possible. Maybe she thought I would change my mind. Haha. "you're moving too slow, I'll pass..." NOPE! But the best part happened when I sat down and... No lie... "Stuck in the middle" by Mika started to play on my iPod.
There's a smell coming from somewhere.... Screaming children and ofcourse the drunks, but nothing tops the "fake sleep". Haha I love it. Happy trails, folks!