Thursday, February 8, 2007

Tug of War between Louis and The 'E" Train

This winter has been extremely brutal and having to commute in it is like preparing for boot camp...Well lately I have been so tired that most mornings I have to basically "pry" myself out the bed. This very morning was nothing different but I was determined to make it out of my apartment in time. I must say I did pretty well, I showered, selected what to wear, ironed, and packed my lunch in like 50 minutes, with my standards this was pretty damn good.
So anyway I bundled up and was off. I hopped on what must have been the slowest bus to date since I started commuting, anyway I made it just in time to catch the train to the penn station. For some reason my metro card was nowhere to be found so I had to quickly get a new one, as soon as I swiped my card there was an 'E' train about to pull off, so I did the jump, skip, hop, and run manuever to squeeze my self into the train...pheewwww I made it, but there was a problem, my bag was caught in the tight- lock grip of the train doors. I tried pulling but the bag wouldn't budge...."oh no" was all I kept saying to myself in my head, some guy to my left was helping me pull, a girl on my right was helping me as well...all three of us were pulling like no man's business. Outside was an annoying subway patrol saying " Get that Louis in the train" he kept saying it over and over and over...I wasn't paying any attention to him. My main focus was to save my precious bag from this silly train...now remember I am holding the train up because the train will not move unless all doors are closed...so I could feel eyes penetrating a myriad of holes in the back of my head, but I did not care my bag was in danger!!! At long last I was able to give a final jerk and the bag came through....boy was I happy!! Surprisingly I was not embarrased at all just happy I was able to get my bag...and wouldn't you know the bag retained its shape despite the brutality it had just endured...that gives me another reason why I am basically sold to LV bags... :)

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