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bigmacbear) wrote2024-08-08 11:59 pm
bigmacbear) wrote2024-08-08 11:59 pm
Reunion Trip, Day 1 of 6
THURSDAY
Left the house about five after six in a very nice Lyft. The driver had difficulty entering Broadway northbound to Everett Station; I suspected construction traffic, but when we arrived at Everett Station, the bus schedule app was showing 10-15 minute delays on all routes using I-5 south due to police activity. I looked up the situation online and found a car had hit and killed a pedestrian on the freeway at Route 526. We selected the 510 bus (an artic) over the 512 (a Double Tall) and were soon on our way. As the bus came to a stop waiting to enter the crowded freeway, I noticed a neighbor whose back yard overlooks Broadway and the freeway had put up a Statue of Liberty replica on their deck.
The bus was stuck in that traffic jam for an hour and a half. At 8:30 I called Alaska Airlines to rebook the same flight the next day, as I was certain we would miss our flight. The agent found us seats in the exit row. The bus cleared the traffic jam and stopped at South Everett shortly after that. Gary called us a Lyft home. When we arrived, he took care of the hotel reservation and I called Hertz to readjust the car rental, since the app and website wouldn't let me. I also texted Colleen and Sheila to let them know about the delay. Then I checked in for the new flight and realized we needed to move from the exit row in case we needed seat belt extensions (which are forbidden in an exit row).
That done, we had breakfast at Buzz Inn and ran some errands. I fell asleep in the recliner and went upstairs for a nap around 2:30. Gary joined me there and filled me in on the cause of the morning's issues: a dude in his 50s from Mukilteo had jumped from the overpass. We slept till 5:30. We got up and fixed dinner (pork chops with leftover spaghetti and coleslaw) around seven. By nine I was back in the chair and failing asleep again, so I gave up, prepared for bed (noticing Gary was already asleep) and was snoozing by 11:15.
Left the house about five after six in a very nice Lyft. The driver had difficulty entering Broadway northbound to Everett Station; I suspected construction traffic, but when we arrived at Everett Station, the bus schedule app was showing 10-15 minute delays on all routes using I-5 south due to police activity. I looked up the situation online and found a car had hit and killed a pedestrian on the freeway at Route 526. We selected the 510 bus (an artic) over the 512 (a Double Tall) and were soon on our way. As the bus came to a stop waiting to enter the crowded freeway, I noticed a neighbor whose back yard overlooks Broadway and the freeway had put up a Statue of Liberty replica on their deck.
The bus was stuck in that traffic jam for an hour and a half. At 8:30 I called Alaska Airlines to rebook the same flight the next day, as I was certain we would miss our flight. The agent found us seats in the exit row. The bus cleared the traffic jam and stopped at South Everett shortly after that. Gary called us a Lyft home. When we arrived, he took care of the hotel reservation and I called Hertz to readjust the car rental, since the app and website wouldn't let me. I also texted Colleen and Sheila to let them know about the delay. Then I checked in for the new flight and realized we needed to move from the exit row in case we needed seat belt extensions (which are forbidden in an exit row).
That done, we had breakfast at Buzz Inn and ran some errands. I fell asleep in the recliner and went upstairs for a nap around 2:30. Gary joined me there and filled me in on the cause of the morning's issues: a dude in his 50s from Mukilteo had jumped from the overpass. We slept till 5:30. We got up and fixed dinner (pork chops with leftover spaghetti and coleslaw) around seven. By nine I was back in the chair and failing asleep again, so I gave up, prepared for bed (noticing Gary was already asleep) and was snoozing by 11:15.