Bus Buddy!
Jun. 4th, 2006 12:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisToday must be my bus day. I went out (in the car) to run an errand and as I was coming out of the small store heading to my car another car pulled up with a woman riding shotgun and waving me down. It was my BUS BUDDY!!!
During my last stint at Microsoft, when I rode the bus every day, in the afternoons, there was a woman who became my bus buddy. She and I were the only two regular riders over the age of 30. We bonded. She got off at the first edge of Seattle and I got off at the other end of town but from Redmond to Seattle we chatted about this and that and whatever. We'd laugh and carry on. She was just fun.
She is my size and my age - only black. One day I she wasn't there waiting when the bus pulled up. The bus driver was one of the regulars - a really nice guy who was always kidding around. When I got on, he said 'hey, salt... where's pepper??!!' And about that time here she comes running up to the corner... When she got on he said 'ahhhh the set is back together again...'
When I left Microsoft, I left her and hadn't seen her since. Today, she peeled out of that car so fast and gave me the biggest hug! It was so great to see her. She's still riding the bus and misses me and I miss her. It was such a treat to see her. I forgot to ask her about Katrina - her husband and his family were from New Orleans. Her husband was driving her today so I know he's ok. I hope his family is. It was so good to run in to her, I'll have a smile on my face all day.
And you know... I don't even know her name.
During my last stint at Microsoft, when I rode the bus every day, in the afternoons, there was a woman who became my bus buddy. She and I were the only two regular riders over the age of 30. We bonded. She got off at the first edge of Seattle and I got off at the other end of town but from Redmond to Seattle we chatted about this and that and whatever. We'd laugh and carry on. She was just fun.
She is my size and my age - only black. One day I she wasn't there waiting when the bus pulled up. The bus driver was one of the regulars - a really nice guy who was always kidding around. When I got on, he said 'hey, salt... where's pepper??!!' And about that time here she comes running up to the corner... When she got on he said 'ahhhh the set is back together again...'
When I left Microsoft, I left her and hadn't seen her since. Today, she peeled out of that car so fast and gave me the biggest hug! It was so great to see her. She's still riding the bus and misses me and I miss her. It was such a treat to see her. I forgot to ask her about Katrina - her husband and his family were from New Orleans. Her husband was driving her today so I know he's ok. I hope his family is. It was so good to run in to her, I'll have a smile on my face all day.
And you know... I don't even know her name.
