Contentment

I think I’ve achieved Nirvana. At the very least, I’ve found the Cadillac of Bus Routes. The bus I’m writing from still has new car smell. The seats are soft and they recline. This is the life. I didn’t know that buses like this even existed in the UTA system. What a perfect end to a great day.

Today I said good-bye, officially, to the Center for Service and Learning. It was difficult ot keep the smile from my face as I heard people stressing over various matters that no longer had anything to do with me. It was nice to let go of that stress.

Yesterday I met Viola from the Ukraine, and I managed to keep all of my “Seinfield” jokes under wraps. Be proud of me. She was very nice, and she’s trying to figure how to get a second bachelor’s degree from BYU. She’s been studying up at BYU Idaho since her mission at Temple Square. She road the bus from Rexburg yesterday morning and was rushing to make the return trip yesterday evening.

Well, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to settle for a comfy ride. Did I mention that this is a direct ride? No transfers today. What a great Route! Hats off to you, UTA.

The bus was crowded that day, my friends.

And to make matters worse, a couple of people were lolling about taking up two seats. But that wasn’t the worst part. Some of them were all snuggled up against the seats. So grody! I don’t even know if that’s how you spell it!

So I got off the bus at UVSC and I started up the hill toward my connecting bus, wondering why it was so far away from the bus stop, and when I got there, no one was inside! Kind of creepy. I waited around for a bit trying to figure out what was going on, thinking to myself, they’re not going to leave a running bus (did I mention that the engine was running? Makes it slightly creepier doesn’t it?) unattended for too long, right? Almost as soon as I turned around to wait for another bus, the seemingly driverless bus behind me roared to life and drove away! Little did I know that he was just going to the turnaround station across the street. Curses! Rookie mistake.

Now I feel a little sheepish.

Part Two

The trip from UVSC to BYU was a bit nauseating…partially because of the unique smell of a UTA bus, partially because I found out what Special Agent Jack Bauer needed the hacksaw for. I won’t go into the gory details. Luckily I had the foresight to bring a carbonated beverage with me to help settle my stomach.

I’m on my way home and ready for part two. I’m on the final leg of the journey, so that’s exciting. The second bus was a little late, and it was a hot wait. But to make things better, a pseudo-talented skateboarder tried to show off. Basically, it got noisy and annoying before too long. Such is life, as they say.

The rest of my day was spent trying to track down a $1500 print job that was supposed to be delivered days ago. I found it. $1500 seems like a lot, since I’m still gauging things in terms of tuition. I’m still trying to figure out a way to print a $1500 job into my tuition account, but that would be embezzling and that would be wrong.

Well, I’m feeling the woozies again, so I’m gonna sign off and keep my eyes on the road.

Bloggin' on the Bus

I had a brilliant idea a few days ago. Since I am now a commuter of sorts, and since the bus ride takes quite some time, I though to myself, why not use some of those precious minutes to start a blog? And with such an alliterative title, what’s not to like? So here we are. It’s not going to be much of anything really, an dI’m not going to spend the whole ride doing it, since we all know that once school actually starts, I’ll have some last minute reading to do. I haven’t decided if I’ll do it twice a day either.

So, there you have it. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I left Special Agent Jack Bauer shooting a witness and then asking for a hacksaw, and I have to see what that’s all about.

Until next time.