Bus Happenings: A List

I tweeted the other day about making a list of things that I am anticipating will happen at some point during the duration of time I spend on public transportation. Here is the list:

1. Get asked what time it is
2. Get thrown-up on
3. Get sneezed on
4. Get sat on
5. Get used as a pillow by a sleeping seat-mate
6. Get asked to borrow my phone
7. Be asked to change/move seats
8. Be a witness to a bus/car accident
9. Be on a bus that hits another vehicle or building
10. Miss my stop
11. Fall asleep on the bus

Of that list, the following crossed out items have already happened to me:

1. Get asked what time it is
2. Get thrown-up on
3. Get sneezed on
4. Get sat on
5. Get used as a pillow by a sleeping seat-mate
6. Get asked to borrow my phone
7. Be asked to change/move seats
8. Be a witness to a bus/car accident
9. Be on a bus that hits another vehicle or building
10. Miss my stop
11. Fall asleep on the bus

It really is only a matter of time before they all probably end up happening to me. Two of those things actually happened to me today on the way home from work - the same person too. One guy who was traveling with his 2-year old son asked me what time it was. I told him. He made some comments about how he was going to be late, and he wished his little boy hadn't left his cell phone at home. He then asked me a little while later if he could borrow my phone to call his ride that was supposed to pick him up from the bus stop. I thought about it a minute, and I felt a little uneasy about it, but I asked him what the number was, dialed it in, and handed him my phone. It was my really good Samaritan deed for the day. I figured the chances with him running off with my phone were pretty slim since he had a little kid - who was sleeping on him. He gave it back to me after the person he was calling did not pick up. I put my phone back in my pocket. A couple of minutes later it was ringing in my pocket. I took it out, looked at it, asked the man if the last four numbers were the ones he had dialed. He said yes, I handed him the phone, he talked for a few minutes and then handed the phone back to me. 

My other good deed, was arranging my co-worker's birthday lunch and making her cupcakes last night to bring in today - on the bus. It actually went a lot better than I thought it would. They were going to be kitty cat cupcakes, but they turned out looking like pretty bad kitties, so with a thought from Derick and something I had been considering, I whipped together a new plan. They came out looking like Cream puffs! I might just have to call them Cream Puff Cupcakes! They WERE vanilla cream-filled in the middle after all!

Sweet Dreams!

-LD