"You just WON this morning, Honey!"

I've got big business to do after work today, and wanting to preserve my outfit from the stresses of walking ten minutes to the train, I opted to take the bus to the train - normally I deserve this for winter days, but it's about 90 out and it's only 8:30, so I took the bus. Of course then I get to the train station and the clock says I have a 14-minute wait. W. T. F. Feeling defeated, I grab a Metro to pass the next torturous 14 minutes of my life, and walk without purpose to the escalator. I hoped maybe there'd been a typo in the wait time, but no one was rushing up the escalator or the stairs. Anyhow, I heard the sound of train, could it be? And ran up those moving stairs to find the train STILL boarding. I managed not to fall over myself but still only made it to the doors juuust in time for the rubber stops to close on my fingertips :( To my shock, awe, relief, surprise, the conductor re-opened the doors!!!! And I was welcomed in by a fellow passenger with my new fave line for the day: "You just won this morning, Honey!" YES! I believe I did.

Was That Your Dad?!?

I definitely just saw someone's dad sitting on a bench in the Boston Public Gardens (emphasis on PUBLIC) with his shirt off, black shorts on, belly out, and graying dreadlocks on his head and in his beard - yes - keeping company with a squirrel - what?! Somebody please call the park ranger.