The R.C. does not blame you for the fact that she drove her own car into a ditch. She doesn't even really blame the folks who dug the hole and surrounded it only by concrete bumpers which were then completely obscured by a foot of snow, because of course they didn't realize the hole would be so perfectly camoflaged by a foot of snow before they could put anything in it to mark, you know, "hole here."

Is just an accident. But the R.C. does find it humerous that she managed to have an accident while trying to take public transportation so she'd be, you know, like SAFE.

I dunno. I felt like I didn't have to worry about you when you said you were going to take public transport downtown. And look what happened!

But if you'd driven...who KNOWS what would have happened?

My normal commute tonight took almost 2 1/2 hours instead of 45 minutes. ::sigh:: I am very Grateful for public transportation, don't get me wrong, but what an incredibly long day. KS isn't used to snow and ice like we've seen in the last couple of days. Add to that the embarrassment of falling twice (TWICE!) on the way to the bus stop on the ice, and I could have happily skipped my day from about 2pm until now.

The oddest thing about falling was the man that looked back at me on the ground and asked in all seriousness, "Did you fall?" I got up, brushed myself off, and followed him accross the street onto the medium where I promptly fell AGAIN. The man looked back at me and asked, "Did you fall.. again?!" He then offered me his arm to finish the journey. (!) Sweet man, but somehow that was the most embarrassing part; that he'd determined I was a klutz. ;-/ I don't hurt anywhere but my dignity.

Look at it this way - who knows how long it would have taken if you'd been trying to drive? If it's too slick to walk, it's too slick to drive.

(I can't believe that someone seeing you laying on the ground would ask, "did you fall." What did he think? You might be laying down for a quick nap?)

Mine didn't take much longer than usual, even with the bus running 20 minutes late. (Okay, it ran 20 minutes longer than it should have, making it a 70-minute process instead of a 50-minute one, but that's not bad.)

I'm still convinced that if I can work out how to time everything just right, I can get the entire commute down to 45 minutes in good weather, but I haven't worked it all out yet.