came home early after lunch after a class i took. as usual, the construction around our apt & surroundings is making parking extremely hard. pple from MIT who live in different parts of the city come & park here while at work, so it does make things difficult for us, residents. while making a u-turn, i caught sight of a lot along ames, and hurried there. happily thanked the Lord for the lot, and started walking to stata to meet rj to collect the t-pass for love. mid-way, i suddenly remembered that the sign said street cleaning on monday! sheesh. shld i then head back & move the car? it said 8am to 2pm. it was abt 12:20pm, and I had pretty much a 1.5hr window that they can have a tow truck come tow the car.. hmpf. but i was only going to pick up the pass..
i decided to take the risk. walked really briskly. arrived at stata, only to find a long queue with no rj in sight. argh. called him. he said, ay, coming down.. *oh Lord, pls dont let them tow my car* the line took about 10-15mins. maybe it was shorter, but it sure felt long waiting so that i can then run back to check if the car's fine. i kinda jogged there. but couldnt really go any faster. partly coz i just had lunch, and partly coz i'm just not fit. haha. ok, car was still there. oh man, i just remembered, it's street cleaning on the first monday of every month and today's the last monday of august! craps. i did notice another paper sign that said "no parking. 8am to 2pm. monday." kept that in my mind.. took my bag and headed home.
on my way home, the thought kept bugging me. UNTIL i saw a tow truck towing a car. that was it. no pt risking another $90. plus i had to use the car to get to class tmr. got home, went to the bathroom, and headed out, equipped with my readings (a file), grapes to pluck (plastic bag of it, including a tupperware to contain), a jacket, 2 phones, car key & house keys. sat in the car for the next 1.5 hrs till i was positively sure they won't tow our car. it's a relatively cold day so after about 40mins of the cool breeze, i closed the door and sat in the stale warm air. quite comfy. to the point of sleepiness. lol.
met esther on the way home. she looked somewhat familiar but i couldnt place a name to her face. i reckon teachers get lousier at names each year. retaining only very smart & very naughty students' names. lol. my eyes were half closing, from the lack of ventilated air? haha. she said for a moment, i looked like serene. hmpf. i'm inclined to think she just misses her too much. *i'm still underweight ok?*
lots of things happening. my last week before sch starts. taking a class every morning. there will be 4 more when term starts. also taking a math class at harvard extension starting tmr evening. i got the teachers' scholarship to take a course at 50% discount. fees still quite abit, and i'm sure there'll be a lot of work to do. but well.. i guess it'll be working twds moving me up the salary scale. =P
our new housemate moved in last week. it's been good so far. =) PTL!
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