Friday, January 27, 2006
Am I jinxed??
I travel to New York City every other month or so for fun and pure pleasure. Not a set schedule; just when a play or something strikes my fancy, but I am starting to think that I am jinxed. This random pattern of mine is constantly put into the path of obstacles.
I take the train into the city from the Rte 128 depot outside of Boston and I do prefer the Acela (ducks head from the bananas thrown by the peanut gallery). The Acela is a fast train, very modern and quiet, electrical outlets for your computer, and even a solitary computer desk if you can get one. When it actually runs, it is wonderful. This should be a 35 minute ride from my home.
In the past 6 months I have experienced 1) massive traffic jam that took 2 hours to get through, 2) snow storm that was cleared from the highway except for the first 20 miles of my drive; again a 2 hour ride, and 3) Acela train cancelled because a truck took out a portion of their route in NYC.
Since I am supposed to get on the train tomorrow, a reasonable assumption would be that something would go wrong. I checked the weather....sunny skies and relatively mild temperatures expected. I checked the highway construction site....no work being done on the roads I need to travel on. The train is supposed to be on time. What could go wrong?
Silly me!! I went out to do some errands today. Put the key into the ignition and turned...click,click,click...light on: Check Engine UhOh!! So first I do the calm thing and call Triple A. They will be here within an hour for a jump or a tow. Does this make me feel good when the Triple A Lady doesn't think they can fix me up? No!
Now I start to get into panic mode. Drag Queens have nothing on moi when technical things don't work. Start up, you fucker! Anyway, I called the car dealer in case I had to be towed in, called the rental car agency in case I had to rent a car, called #1 Son and #1 Daughter to make sure they could drive me to the train if all other plans failed, emailed my NYC friends so they could properly commiserate with my plight, etc., etc, etc.
Fortunately it was only the battery. God bless Triple A!! A jump start and a new battery have improved my travel plans immensely. #1 Son and #1 Daughter are extremely happy that they don't have to change their weekend plans in order to drive me to the train station.
Now if there is only a cab available at Penn Station...(I'm not kidding...last trip I ended up in a bicycle cab with a young man, his luggage, and mine!!)
I take the train into the city from the Rte 128 depot outside of Boston and I do prefer the Acela (ducks head from the bananas thrown by the peanut gallery). The Acela is a fast train, very modern and quiet, electrical outlets for your computer, and even a solitary computer desk if you can get one. When it actually runs, it is wonderful. This should be a 35 minute ride from my home.
In the past 6 months I have experienced 1) massive traffic jam that took 2 hours to get through, 2) snow storm that was cleared from the highway except for the first 20 miles of my drive; again a 2 hour ride, and 3) Acela train cancelled because a truck took out a portion of their route in NYC.
Since I am supposed to get on the train tomorrow, a reasonable assumption would be that something would go wrong. I checked the weather....sunny skies and relatively mild temperatures expected. I checked the highway construction site....no work being done on the roads I need to travel on. The train is supposed to be on time. What could go wrong?
Silly me!! I went out to do some errands today. Put the key into the ignition and turned...click,click,click...light on: Check Engine UhOh!! So first I do the calm thing and call Triple A. They will be here within an hour for a jump or a tow. Does this make me feel good when the Triple A Lady doesn't think they can fix me up? No!
Now I start to get into panic mode. Drag Queens have nothing on moi when technical things don't work. Start up, you fucker! Anyway, I called the car dealer in case I had to be towed in, called the rental car agency in case I had to rent a car, called #1 Son and #1 Daughter to make sure they could drive me to the train if all other plans failed, emailed my NYC friends so they could properly commiserate with my plight, etc., etc, etc.
Fortunately it was only the battery. God bless Triple A!! A jump start and a new battery have improved my travel plans immensely. #1 Son and #1 Daughter are extremely happy that they don't have to change their weekend plans in order to drive me to the train station.
Now if there is only a cab available at Penn Station...(I'm not kidding...last trip I ended up in a bicycle cab with a young man, his luggage, and mine!!)
Countess Bedelia 1/27/2006 11:53:00 PM