When I left for work at five thirty this morning, I was expecting my typical 3 hr round trip commute to work- 1.5 there, 1.5 back. Well, It started well. The first half the journey stuck to the plan, the second half, not so much.
I decided to work late tonight, because I had a project that needed to be done. If I had left on time, I still would have spent a great deal of time sitting in traffic, on a nice warm bus. I didn't, and the second the ferry started to pull out an announcement came over the intercom that made me question that decision.
As happens at least once every six months, there was a massive car accident on the Agate Pass Bridge that connects Banbridge Island to mainland Kitsap County. I saw pictures, It looked horrible, and I hope everyone survives is.
That said, I wished I could have gotten off that boat, hopped on the Bremerton ferry, and caught a ride home with a friend, because I knew it was going to be a long long night, and it had already been a long day. The accident happened at two, and the bridge was closed from my understanding at four. I left Seattle at four thirty. My regular bus wouldn't have gotten me off the island on time, I would have been stuck in traffic till six. As it was, I ended up stuck at the ferry terminal, out in the cold four an hour waiting for the bridge to open and buses to get back to us.
I should have been reading a book, but I couldn't concentrate. Finally at around six fifteen some buses made it through to us. We loaded and it was standing room only. People took turns rotating out of seats, because we were on the bus until 8. Forty five minutes through, we weren't half way home, we were just half way across Bainbridge- normally I think getting all the way across takes 10-15 min, maybe 20 if its rush hour. I read a book and FB chatted with a friend in Ireland, until I realized I needed to save my battery.
I was really really blessed in a lot of ways. 1- I didn't have to pee during this bus ride. 2- I wasn't hungry, strangely enough ( I was on the ferry). 3- I got a seat, in the back corner, so I couldn't rotate out to stand, and I have short legs so I didn't need to stand up after an hour to stretch them .
About two hours after leaving the ferry terminal, 3.5 hrs after leaving work, I arrived home, threw dinner together and thought, Well, I survived that, What next? Hunger Games!!! Nothing cheers you up from a long hard commute home that realizing it could be much worse, you could be a citizen of Panem. So I am watching Hunger Games, doing some laundry, and going to bed. EXHAUSTED. Thank goodness I have friends to take care of my dog for me when things like this happen, my poor little buddy needed a potty break, a walk, and someone to love him. Fourteen and a half hours is just too long for a little spunky Jack Russell to be all alone and bored.
Well, I survived, I know Katniss will too. night
I decided to work late tonight, because I had a project that needed to be done. If I had left on time, I still would have spent a great deal of time sitting in traffic, on a nice warm bus. I didn't, and the second the ferry started to pull out an announcement came over the intercom that made me question that decision.
As happens at least once every six months, there was a massive car accident on the Agate Pass Bridge that connects Banbridge Island to mainland Kitsap County. I saw pictures, It looked horrible, and I hope everyone survives is.
That said, I wished I could have gotten off that boat, hopped on the Bremerton ferry, and caught a ride home with a friend, because I knew it was going to be a long long night, and it had already been a long day. The accident happened at two, and the bridge was closed from my understanding at four. I left Seattle at four thirty. My regular bus wouldn't have gotten me off the island on time, I would have been stuck in traffic till six. As it was, I ended up stuck at the ferry terminal, out in the cold four an hour waiting for the bridge to open and buses to get back to us.
I should have been reading a book, but I couldn't concentrate. Finally at around six fifteen some buses made it through to us. We loaded and it was standing room only. People took turns rotating out of seats, because we were on the bus until 8. Forty five minutes through, we weren't half way home, we were just half way across Bainbridge- normally I think getting all the way across takes 10-15 min, maybe 20 if its rush hour. I read a book and FB chatted with a friend in Ireland, until I realized I needed to save my battery.
I was really really blessed in a lot of ways. 1- I didn't have to pee during this bus ride. 2- I wasn't hungry, strangely enough ( I was on the ferry). 3- I got a seat, in the back corner, so I couldn't rotate out to stand, and I have short legs so I didn't need to stand up after an hour to stretch them .
About two hours after leaving the ferry terminal, 3.5 hrs after leaving work, I arrived home, threw dinner together and thought, Well, I survived that, What next? Hunger Games!!! Nothing cheers you up from a long hard commute home that realizing it could be much worse, you could be a citizen of Panem. So I am watching Hunger Games, doing some laundry, and going to bed. EXHAUSTED. Thank goodness I have friends to take care of my dog for me when things like this happen, my poor little buddy needed a potty break, a walk, and someone to love him. Fourteen and a half hours is just too long for a little spunky Jack Russell to be all alone and bored.
Well, I survived, I know Katniss will too. night
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