Thursday Night Woes

Last night I had an awful night that started with the CTA. So I leave work and walk to the train and as I'm going up the stairs I hear it arriving so I bolt on the train. I was going to the library so I was planning on getting off at Paulina - one stop after where I normally get off. So I'm online on my phone not paying attention - thinking I'm on the Brown Line. We get to Belmont (where I normally get off) and the doors close and the conductor says "Purple Line, Express to Howard" HOWARD! That's the END OF THE LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! While he was saying all this the doors were closing and I was trapped and LIVID!Howard is like 12 stops away form Belmont and I was on the train with creepy looking people going through creepy uptown for about 20 minutes there. Once I get up there I have to turn right around and take the damn Purple Line back to Belmont. UGHHHHH I felt SO stupid and it took me over an hour to get to the library.

So then I get off at Belmont and wait for the bus...which takes forever. The library was closing in one hour and I thought the bus was never coming so I started to walk. Just as I crossed the street, I turn around and see the bus. Luckily I was able to run back and catch it, but of course had a red light to wait for.

So then I get to the library and I haven't been in over 3 years and no longer have my card. I have no idea where its at. So I get in line and wait for like 10 minutes while the idiots behind the desk take
forever. So I get up to the desk and its this little old woman and I'm like "Hi I need to renew my library card" She looks at me with hate and shrugs and puts her hands up like "what do you want me to
do." At this point I'm about ready to lose it and I say again - "I need to renew my card -can you please look me up". She's like I need your old card - and I say "I don't have my old card" - then she says "well i cant help you." So next to her is a guy who actually seems to know what he is doing and I say - "I'm talking to him - you aren't helping me." So right when I start to move over to his open area, a freakin' kid cuts in front of my and gets to him first. fabulous. This kid was trying to check out like 1,500 books and he owed money and the whole deal. So after 10 minutes waiting for the guy to help me...I finally get to renew my card.

So of course all the books I want are not there and I have to place on hold - which I do. Then I look around and randomly pick out some books to try. I leave and wait for the bus again and again its NOT COMING. I HATE THE CTA is all I kept thinking at this point. I only need to go a few blocks, but I don't want to walk it because its dark and scary and I'm carrying all this crap, so I flag a cab and eat the $5.

What a crappy night, I really need a drink or something to punch...the lady at the library would be great.....