day trip to the city of brotherly love

woke up quarter til 10 and debated if i could get down to chinatown in time to catch the 11 o'clock ride to philly. hopped outta bed, quickly showered, grabbed my things and was out the door.

got to the bus station around 11:05. there was a white bus and an attendant yelling at me, "ride to philly?"

v: yes!

attendant: ok, get in.

v: ok! wait, what time do you leave?

attendant: noon

v: damn! aww. . ok.

i walk around the shops to buy some iced tea and a snack. walk back to the bus and climb on. make some calls to kill time then put my headphones on and sit back and try to nap. it's twenty til. the attendant comes back and starts barking at everyone.

attendant: where are you going?

v: philly.

attendant: the bus for philadelphia is in front of us.

i scramble off and run to the philly bus. the door is shut and the driver starts pulling away. i bang on the door and he lets me in. phew! that woulda been bad. i am surprised that we are already leaving as it's still 11:40.

i text my brother and let him know i'm on my way. the bus starts driving around. i close my eyes and try to nap. when i open them, we're back to the same stop! wtf? what's going on? we wait around a man climbs on the bus. then we pull away again and start driving.

i close my eyes again to nap. i open them again and see that we are back at the same stop again!!! i feel like i'm in a b-movie version of ground hog day.

finally, it's after noon and we leave for real.

the trip to philly was short. at least it seemed short as i slept through it. fun day with my big bro and his wifey. did the cheesesteak thing at jim's steakhouse. window shopped in the blistering heat. checked out his apartment. then grabbed dinner at el vez. back on the bus at 8pm and home by 10:30pm. nice day off.