Choices

Do you ever look back on a day and think, if only I had made the other choice, my day would have been so much better?

This morning Em asked me if I wanted to stay in while she went to the doctor. I should have said “thanks” and crawled back into bed. Rather, I crawled OUT of bed, had a shower and a cup of tea, then dutifully followed Lou and Derek, who had also stayed the night, to South Yarra station. Cue a three hour trip home.

So… disruption on the train tracks… somewhere on the Frankston line. Fine, whatever- had to hop on a bus from Caufield- where all the signs clearly said : “buses stop all stations from Caulfield to Mordialloc”. So forgive me for assuming my bus was actually going to take me to Mordialloc. Apparently that bus only took passengers as far as Moorabin where we were supposed to wait for another bus. Again, fine: IF THEY ACTUALLY TOLD US THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. Instead I remained on the bus to find myself and several others bewilderingly staring at the street signs as we looped it back to Caulfield. Naturally we all hopped off at the next stop, to then watch three buses go by in the other direction. Which confuses me- if all the buses were looping at Moorabbin, then shouldn’t the three buses have come to us first??? Why did we have to wait so long?

Finally got back to Moorabbin, waiting for this other mystical bus to take us Mordialloc. THAT bus was packed. I don’t understand- if everyone was being dropped off at Moorabbin, then why was the bus that picked us up already full? How had everyone else manged to find themselves aboard the Mordialloc bus before Moorabbin? So confused. I still don’t understand what happened.

Honestly, the whole three hours it took me to get home, I was never once annoyed or angry. I’m still not even vaguely peeved… just bewildered. I kind of felt half baked the entire time. Feel like my lack of emotion is somehow evidence of the increasing lack of any brain activity on my part. My brain feels so dull… and blunt right now. God, I’m going back to bed.

I wish good transport on you all! Enjoy what’s left of the weekend people. That is all.