February 11, 2004

The best kind of commute

I had a great commute today. I love walking into the station and hearing, "We're moving at this time, but with delays." More time to knit!

It was kind of like that Far side cartoon about what dogs really hear. The train announcer would say, "We appologize for the delay caused by an earlier disabled train. There's traffic ahead of us, but we should be moving shortly. Again, we appologize for the delay."

But I heard, "Good morning, Ms. Knitter. We're going to be moving slowly this morning, so you'll have lots of time to knit. Sit back and relax and make some progress. We'll get you to where you're going... eventually."

By Harvard (two stops) I'd finished one row -- that's what I can usually finish all the way to Park Street! One more stop, one more row. Then the pace picked up a little and by Park Street I'd done three rows. I changed to the green line and finished off the fourth row as we pulled into North Station.

Ah, what a glorious knitting morning! Four times the knitting, for free!

Posted by sesamest at February 11, 2004 10:58 AM
Comments

Ingrid - I agree! I miss my bus rides downtown (when I was san enfants and working in an office). I figured out how to take the bus downtown to class but am always running late trying to get my girlies ready. So...I want to hear more of Montreal! I've always thought it'd be a beautiful place to visit - tell us more!

Posted by: marta at February 12, 2004 12:18 PM