Yesterday I was marveling at how fast and efficient Philadelphia’s SEPTA regional rail system has been for me. Today I was wondering how long the ”switch failure” was going to hold us up. Answer? Fifteen minutes. We miss the bus connection when we’re more than eleven minutes late. This causes people to whine out loud and say things like, ”That bus driver is supposed to wait for us” which is not true at all. The busdriver can wait until he/she has to go do his/her loop and possibly pick up people for a return trip. I’m able to comprehend this. I made a meager attempt to reason with this older woman who was quite vocal about how stupid the busdriver was for leaving. If he’d been waiting for us and then left when we’d boarded, he’d have left behind the people from the next train. Duh. As for the ”switch failure” delay — I thought that’s when twins try to impersonate each other and screw something up. Stupid twins. What are they doing on the railroad!?


Sad news about the closing of Six Flag’s Astroworld. I was just there! I should have taken pictures. I understand that my mom visited this park while she was still pregnant with me. I grew up less than a mile away and we’d frequently walk there. I think I might try to go once again this weekend to get my nostalgia on one last time.