Public Transportation

Yesterday I took the bus with Rendell, Brian & Nathan home! I got to take Caltrain! I've only taken in once when I was in 4th grade, but I don't remember much. For some reason, I thought it'd be different. I thought it would be more like a real train station where I had to stand in line to buy a ticket. Instead, it was like any old MUNI or BART station, except with a train.

As I sat on the train (by the window, of course!) I just looked out the window & listened to music. Thank goodness I charged my iPod the night before. Anyways, as I looked out the window, it made me think of those artists & stuff. Do they just sit on trains and write songs? I could totally see myself doing that.

I had some thoughts come across my mind though. Good thoughts turned into horrible thoughts which turned into sad thoughts. I'm glad I'm able to go away for college. I'm glad I'm able to put all that high school drama behind me. I'm not so glad that I haven't really talked to any of my high school friends since I left. I'm still upset at the things they've done. I'm still upset at myself for various reasons.

So after we took Caltrain, we took BART, then I was on my own & took Samtrans. It was sort of funny to me. I mean, I was taking the bus around 4PM and it was a Friday. Students from my old high school were taking the same bus as me, but I didn't really recognize them. To a stranger looking in, I was just another high school student who just so happened to be carrying a laptop. To me, I was a college student, making her way home for the first time in two weeks. I found it so strange that I used to know the bus route by heart, but as I took it yesterday, I forgot the whole route. It's like everything once familiar has now changed. It also reminded me of high school. Senior year, I thought I knew what would happen by heart, then as second semester rolled around, I had no idea what the route would be. I had no idea how many twists and turns would happen. I had no idea what was to come by graduation, even college.

Funny how public transportation makes people think.