Well, I've been stuck in Vermillion for a full year without a chance to truly get away for more than a day. I had planned to go out to Colorado for Christmas no matter what. I knew that it would be the perfect time to get away and I figured my sisters could come pick me up like last year. It didn't quite work out like that due to car space and timing so I decided to try the Greyhound. I've never been on a bus like that outside of touring so I knew it would be different but I had no idea what was in store for me.
The beginning wasn't too horrible. From Verm to Omaha I talked to a guy about movies and we got into a debate on whether Holiday Inn or White Christmas was made first. Then I had a three and a half hour layover in Omaha. That was a little sketchy. There were mini cockroach type creatures crawling the floor, and I was one of the only people who didn't reek of cigarettes and pot. Did I mention I was the only white person there? Granted that in itself isn't a big deal, but because I've been in Verm for so long, I forgot what diversity looked like ;)
When we boarded for Denver, the bus was full and there were about 7 people who had to stand for half the trip due to over-booking and another bus that never showed up earlier in the day.
I sat next to the only other white person on the bus. She was probably about 30 or so and looked and acted like a librarian. I think she was more freaked out about the being on the bus than I was. She pulled out a thick book and started marking it up with a highlighter, but every ten minutes, or at least every time I looked up, she was pulling out a bottle of Germ-X and massaging her hands and fingers for what seemed like eternity.
I finally made it safely to Denver and my folks picked me up.
I heard my mom talking to Ang on the phone tonight and I guess her husband won't be able to make it out here for Christmas so then I called Meggan and asked if she would be willing to make a pit stop in SoDak. She agreed to it, so now I don't have to worry about the Greyhound on the way home. Sixteen hours on a bus one way was plenty for me.
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