Today I not only left my apartment by myself, I took the el downtown — by myself — to have lunch with Brian. It was easier than I expected, even leaving the house, but the cleaning lady was here and that always motivates me to get out.
Our stop is near the end of our end of the line so it was pretty empty when I got on, which it would be anyway at that time of day. As we got to the trendy/more populated neighborhoods the train started filling up to the point where people had to stand. I started feeling an anxiety attack coming on, but thankfully it didn’t. I just kept looking at the sights out the window.
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Good for you! I’ve been trying to force myself to go beyond my limits lately. Next step, white water rafting!
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when you come to columbus, you’ll get to help me overcome a huge thing. my awkwardness when meeting new people. yes, we’ve already “met” online but still, this will be huge for me. and i’m soooo excited!!
@Robin, white water rafting? Cool! But yeah, it’s all about forcing myself to go beyond my limits — that’s exactly what I’ve been trying to do these past couple of weeks.
@Sheri, it’s been so long since I’ve ridden the CTA that I’ve forgotten all of the stops. I know I was aware of forcing myself to have a bored, blank look on my face so that, in my mind, to other passengers I at least looked like I ride the el every day! OK, I guess that’s pretty neurotic.
@Heather (I really can’t wait ’til my comments.php on this theme is fixed so it actually has the “reply” feature *sigh*), I’m always happy to help! And I’m excited, too!!!
yay!!! good for you!!!
next stop, western, blue line, MARGIE’S!
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Margie’s. Is that the Fannie May-type candy store? I thought there was one on Montrose under the Blue Line, too….