I went and got the tickets.....
WOW! Getting off the skytrain at the main st station was a bit a trip!
I remember working at that StarBuck's when it was new....I wouldn't work there now if I was paid $20 an hour! (ok so maybe I would, but I would be scared all the time!)
Maybe it was just the weather but MAN! was it grey and dingy and kind of seedy.
I had to walk a short block to the rail station through a park like area that also had a bus loop, I sat on one of the benches to have a quick smoke, then be on my way....
I shouldn't have done that! I was there all of 2 minutes and was asked for a smoke 5 times.
And then when I was done I stubbed the butt out ready to throw it in the container and this guy swoops in and says "Can I have that?" I dropped it and booted it for the train station as fast as my little feet could carry me.
I get to the ticket counter and I wanted to change my reservations from over night round trip to one way tickets, the guy at the counter couldn't do that for me so I had to go and find a pay phone a call the train company and change it through them, then go back to the ticket counter.
When I found a pay phone I went to use it and as I was looking in my bag for a pen I notice a man tucked in behind the row of phones sleeping....Scared the hell out of me!
I found another bank of phones and used them
No one had told me I needed to have both our pass ports to just buy the tickets!
Good thing I was able to call Tessa and get the info that way.
The ticket guy told me what time we are going to have to check in on the day we leave.....There is no way in hell Tessa and I are going to walk through that area at 5 in the morning!
I don't care how much it's going to cost we are taking a cab!
Our train leaves at 6:40 am and we get to Everette at 10:02am.....It will be a long day but it should be a fun trip.
Ya know I used to be such a town rat..... But some where along the way I developed a suburban bubble....LOL!
Yesterday was quite the trip, I came home showered, ate and fell into bed.... My poor, protected little brain and body just couldn't handle the "mean streets" like it used too.