Amtrak had a station in Wallingford, CT, where I lived! Flying to CT is such a giant pain in the ass, unless you live in Windsor Locks, which, who does?
Come to think of it, Jesse and I might have been on the same train at some point!
I am a large, semi-muscular man. I can take it. Don't hide behind Mal 'cause you know he'll shoot it down for you. Tell me.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Nov 27, 2013 2:58:59 am PST #12991 of 30000
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Kat - Nov 27, 2013 3:03:09 am PST #12992 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I remember taking the Amtrak, and I wasn't even going to my house for Thanksgiving! Always packed.
Yes, schools have the Thanksgiving Break creep. In our district, we had been furloughed for the three days before Thanksgiving for a few years and it's hard for the District to take those days back now. I love having the time off, but lots of parents get pissed because school is their day care and it screws up their schedules.
Jesse - Nov 27, 2013 3:25:12 am PST #12993 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Come to think of it, Jesse and I might have been on the same train at some point!
Ha! Probably. Although I really only took the train my freshman year -- Philly to Boston is a long train ride, and the plane was the same price, I figured out. One time, I got off the train to see a family friend waiting at South Station, and my immediate thought was that there was a crisis in my family. Yeah, no, his daughter was on the same train as me, coming from NYC, and my parents were just standing somewhere else.
-t - Nov 27, 2013 3:35:10 am PST #12994 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
there have always been LOTS of people who have to work on Thanksgiving
Movie theaters never close for any holiday.
Theodosia - Nov 27, 2013 4:07:19 am PST #12995 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
My mother was not the type to wait at the Newark train station for me. Instead I had to call her from the station and wait the 30-60 minutes it took her to drive.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 27, 2013 4:07:24 am PST #12996 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
At my school, we have classes on Monday and Tuesday, but most of the students leave Monday night anyway. I never would have thought about doing that-- I didn't even think you could!
brenda m - Nov 27, 2013 4:13:30 am PST #12997 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
At Marquette missing the day before or after the holiday counted as a triple absence. Which was a big deal because after a certain number of absences the professor could deregister you from the class.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 27, 2013 4:19:13 am PST #12998 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
And I am sorry- the theatre students leave Sunday night because we are rehearsing! But the other people leave Friday!
Amy - Nov 27, 2013 4:23:52 am PST #12999 of 30000
Because books.
Where did you go freshman year, Jesse?
This day was always infamous for getting home from NYC if you lived anywhere in the tri-state area. No matter how early you left the city, every NJ Transit and Amtrak train was crushed with people. A couple years I rode NJ Transit home in between cars, and it was packed there, too.
Jesse - Nov 27, 2013 4:30:44 am PST #13000 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Same school the whole time (Penn), I just realized that taking the train was silly.