Marcelle
12-23-2013, 07:29 PM
Hi all,
I was reading a post by a member asking if anyone has ever travelled on public transit and that got me thinking that I had not. So today, I was planning to travel from my little burg to the big city to have lunch with one of the gals from my support group and do some shopping. So, I figured why not take the bus from the environs to the city center.
I have to admit while it sounded like a good idea at the time, as soon as I exited the car and walked to the bus stop to wait, the huge amount of morning commuters (it was early morn) standing and waiting was a bit daunting. So, I took a deep breath and went to join the herd. I got a few stares but nobody pointed and laughed :). Once the bus arrived it was standing room only but to my utter shock an older gentleman offered me his seat . . . I was tempted to say "that's okay" but he was so sincere I did not want to sound ungrateful, so I took the offered seat.
When I got to the city center, I met a friend of mine who I have come out to but has not met Isha. We had coffee and chatted for awhile until I had to go off to meet my lunch appointment. Lunch was great but I really had to go to the bathroom halfway through the lunch (darn coffee). So my friend told me to use the "ladies room". Now I have been in one ladies room but that was at a car dealership with no women in the waiting area. This was a busy restaurant at lunch. So I took a deep breath and went in and ran right into a lady coming out. All she said was "excuse me" and exited. So, I did my business and was washing my hands when another woman exited one of the stalls. She came up beside and looked at me for a minute then promptly asked "where did you get your glasses, I absolutely love them" . . . so I told her and we began to chat about glasses in general when two other women came in, looked at us, then went about their own business. I exited and went back to the table.
After lunch was finished, we met some other girls from the support group for coffee and then I went off to do some last minute XMAS shopping. Final thing was to go wait with the herd at the bus stop and go back to the car. Nobody offered me their seat this time, but then again it was so packed it didn't matter.
Truly a day of firsts for Isha and I just wanted to share.
Hugs
Isha
I was reading a post by a member asking if anyone has ever travelled on public transit and that got me thinking that I had not. So today, I was planning to travel from my little burg to the big city to have lunch with one of the gals from my support group and do some shopping. So, I figured why not take the bus from the environs to the city center.
I have to admit while it sounded like a good idea at the time, as soon as I exited the car and walked to the bus stop to wait, the huge amount of morning commuters (it was early morn) standing and waiting was a bit daunting. So, I took a deep breath and went to join the herd. I got a few stares but nobody pointed and laughed :). Once the bus arrived it was standing room only but to my utter shock an older gentleman offered me his seat . . . I was tempted to say "that's okay" but he was so sincere I did not want to sound ungrateful, so I took the offered seat.
When I got to the city center, I met a friend of mine who I have come out to but has not met Isha. We had coffee and chatted for awhile until I had to go off to meet my lunch appointment. Lunch was great but I really had to go to the bathroom halfway through the lunch (darn coffee). So my friend told me to use the "ladies room". Now I have been in one ladies room but that was at a car dealership with no women in the waiting area. This was a busy restaurant at lunch. So I took a deep breath and went in and ran right into a lady coming out. All she said was "excuse me" and exited. So, I did my business and was washing my hands when another woman exited one of the stalls. She came up beside and looked at me for a minute then promptly asked "where did you get your glasses, I absolutely love them" . . . so I told her and we began to chat about glasses in general when two other women came in, looked at us, then went about their own business. I exited and went back to the table.
After lunch was finished, we met some other girls from the support group for coffee and then I went off to do some last minute XMAS shopping. Final thing was to go wait with the herd at the bus stop and go back to the car. Nobody offered me their seat this time, but then again it was so packed it didn't matter.
Truly a day of firsts for Isha and I just wanted to share.
Hugs
Isha