Another One Rides The Bus

Hey! He gonna sit by YOU! Another one rides the bus, look out! (With thanks to Weird Al.) I had to ride the bus last night since I took my car in to the shop, S was down at his new Harley Davidson job, and Mudflap had a late meeting and couldn't give me a ride home or to Job #2 at a decent hour, so I had the night off, if you consider an almost-hour bus ride home a night off. It's such a shame the bus takes almost an hour b/c it only costs $1 measly dollar and drops me off literally a 1/2 block away from my house! But I can't ride it on a regular basis b/c my time is waaaay too valuable these days and it doesn't make sense to save a few bucks on gas when I am making lots more than that at Job #2 and need my time in order to do so. But riding the bus really is a wonderful thing, even if at the same time I couldn't help but notice that only minorities seem to ride the bus. I am serious, I always notice racial disparities. Only minorities ride the bus and I was the only minority in at least one of my library school classes! Also one friend of mine only has white friends except for me, I've noticed at her parties and get-togethers. I was also almost always the only non-white at all those Band concerts I used to attend. I can't help but notice this stuff.

I am very excited b/c tonight the Iguanas are playing for free at the Discovery Green park! I am trying to get my friend M. to meet me there, and my father apparently is already there, waiting around.

Slightly less busier than usual weekend coming up although tomorrow is a doozy. I have to go pick up a certified copy of the court order so we can change the baby's name, FINALLY. Then to our atty.'s office to pick up the huge load of case documents. Then I've scheduled a meet and greet with the baby's teacher before I pick up the baby from school. Then back to Job #1, then on to Job #2, and finally I'm done!!! Saturday S will be at work and I am sleeping in, after which time I'll probably take the baby to the library so we can hang out there for awhile. Saturday night is J. Fu's birthday party at her parents' fabulous house. Sunday: more chillin'.

S and I had a talk with the baby about her behavior report for the 1st week of school. Blue is a perfect day; Green is still good. Yellow however means there were warnings. Orange and Red are bad and the baby better hope she never brings those colors home! Well, the baby had 1 blue day, 1 green day, and 2 yellow days her first week (Friday was not recorded for some reason) so we had to lay down the law. If she gets any non-blue or green days she is not getting her allowance ($6), so she did not get it last week. If she gets a month of ALL blues (dare I dream this is possible with this child? I myself was an "always blue" child--I was quiet as a tiny, shy, frightened mouse--but then look at who the baby's biological parents are) then we are taking her to the Main Event for a day of games and fun!

So I wonder when I'll see the inside of the Main Event again????????????