Just another Amish Monday ooo ooo

Nine o'clock already
Thought I was just in the middle of a dream
I was watching all the Amish
pile out and asking for directions as a team
But I can't be late
'Cause then I guess I just won't get paid
These are the days
When you wish ou were Amish made

It's just another Amish Monday
I wish it was Sunday
'Cause that's my funday
My I don't have to runday
It's just another Amish Monday

They always catch the early train
their alarm clock is a wind chime
And if they were offered an air-o-plane
they'd just turn it down all the time
It doesn't takes them so long
Just to figure out what their gonna wear
The shun our society
and wont let me in..it's not fair

The Amish what a site
why did they have to fill my dreams last night
I think it is their cheese
If you find it in your store
Buy some...pretty please
Can't seem to find it and driving has become a bore.
Just then i heard a voice
C'mon honey, come make a choice
They are offering me all their products
in exchange for my soul, sound like a fair price
(the bangles did not know how to rhyme there either)

It's just another Amish Monday
I wish it was Sunday
'Cause that's my funday
My I don't have to runday
It's just another Amish Monday

WHATEVER - am I invisible?

So the other day I saw this guy sit down a couple rows ahead of me. Then like 5 minutes later he got up and switched seats. Then a couple more minutes when by and he moved again and then again. Finally coming to rest in seat number 4. Ah CRAZY.

Did I tell you about the old man that sat next to me last week that was reading "The Women of Natzi Germany" No really he was. It is going to be my next book too. NOT

This cute guy and of course married got on the train the other day and as he was trying to settle in he spilled his coffee. I just looked over and smiled and said would you like me to hold your coffee? He was so embarrassed and thanked me like 5 times.

Oh and remember how I was told that I could ride the metro as long as I had my monthly amtrak pass and then I was told to buy a ticket. Now I have to buy 2 tickets and maybe even 3. LAME LAME LAME!

Do you believe in the invisible woman? Did you know that I am the invisible woman? So this lady and her friend came wobbling down the aisle of the train. She past my seat then yelled at her friend "Helen let's sit down I can't keep walking" then without looking she plopped her ass the chair next to me almost sitting on my purse. I pulled it out just quick enough and then she sat down swung her purse around and hit me. Never even looked my way. Then she moved her purse again and hit me, all the while bitching an moaning to her friend about how sick she was feeling and how she needed a seat downstairs. I was thinking in my head MOVE LADY or shut up. All the while I had the following conversation with my boss:

teresaperkins21 (4:32:13 PM): and now there is a lady sitting next to me on the train that already sat on my purse, hit me with her purse 3 times and then still does not acknowledge i am here and now she wont stop complaining to her friend in the next aisle
teresaperkins21 (4:32:30 PM): what a day
teresaperkins21 (4:32:31 PM): lol
My boss(4:33:03 PM): yea, i had to stop taking the train for a few days cuz i was getting a bad attitude mysefl
My Boss(4:33:05 PM): headphone time
teresaperkins21 (4:33:48 PM): If I'm not at work tomorrow check the fullerton prison...I may need a ride
teresaperkins21 (4:33:51 PM): and bail
My Boss (4:33:57 PM): no problem!
teresaperkins21 (4:34:04 PM):
teresaperkins21 (4:34:56 PM): I think I wil just cough on her until she thnks I am passing my germs on her. She is wearing leather gloves.
My boss (4:35:30 PM): a germaphobe, yea, how fun!
teresaperkins21 (4:39:43 PM): and she's gone.
My Boss (4:39:53 PM): cool
teresaperkins21 (4:40:05 PM): I do good work at annoying people
Boss (4:40:12 PM): you are funny

Pointless observations of a tired train rider (long)

Ok so right now it is 9:36pm on Saturday night and I am on the train home. I am sitting in the sleepy car. I think I might be the only person in the whole car. We are stopped in Laguna Niguel for on coming traffic. I decided that I should probably update my blog. Because Mrs. Elliott will yell at me again. I promise to try to update this more frequently.

This has been a pretty interesting week. I've taken on a few new things in my life over the last few weeks. I've started to work out for 30 minutes M/W/F at the gym at work during lunch. It is a great stress reliever to have in the middle of the day. I've got a roommate again. Bryan is back sleeping in "his" room with me, as Chad came home two Thursdays ago. I've started back into the dating field. But as we all know that train has not been a successful dating zone. LOL. I've put a date on the calendar to move out of the Pealo house. It is official as of June 2009 I will be looking for my next place to live...don't ask where I am too tired to go through all my thoughts on that. Lastly, I have resigned from the position of Nursery Director at my church due to the uncertainty of where I am going to be living in the next few months. Oh yeah gave up drinking for lent and so far so good.

Ok now that I have caught you up on my life let's get back to the train. Monday and Tuesday were pretty normal days. Wednesday I made it to the train right on time, just enough for it to open the doors and let me on. Hmmm I might want to leave the house a little earlier next time. The problem that day was that I was staying in LA that night to spend time with Denise and I had to carry my bigger bag to the car and the train plus my purse and this time plus a bag for my sister to give to my mom. I was a little bogged down. Wednesday night on the Metro home was surprisingly boring, can you believe it? (side note a cute guy just walked by and smiled at me) Oh forgot to mention I finished another book - The Wizard of Oz. If you have not read it I recommend it. It is similar to the movie but is more dark and wild. I really liked and was so excited every time I could tell my Dad all about it. Back the rails. Thursday morning I carpooled with my Dad again and took the metro to work. When I got on the greenline in Redondo Beach there was an older mexican man sleeping in the train car. See the weird thing is that the Redondo Beach station is the last station of the line so he should have gotten off, but he didn't. Well at every stop I looked back at the man and he never moved. About 3 stations later I began to hope and pray that this man was just sleeping and not "sleeping" the eternal sleep. Then after about 3 more stops I turned around and he had shifted his position so I felt a lot better. Shew! That would have been a crazy story!

On the way home on Thursday night as I was stepping off the escalator to walk into the Amtrak station I saw a man in a wheel chair go rolling towards the escalator. Oh the horrible thoughts that went through my head. I was so scared for the man. But like a pro he turned around and went backwards down the escalator popping a wheelie. Seriously! It was so awesome to watch. There was a conductor on the train on Thursday that was seriously PMSing. She was mean. She was on the loud speaker saying "If it is not living, breathing or holding a ticket, get it off the chair next to you or you will be paying for a second ticket." LOL There was also a very large group of German teenagers. The never stopped talking the whole way there. This was also the day that the lady next to me's husband called her and told her about the flying money on the 15 freeway and how he got 300 dollars of it. Come to find out that there was a car chase and the suspects threw the money out of the window to distract the cops. Didn't work - they lost. They always lose.

On Friday I took the metro line home and staying in LA. I went to a friend's 30th birthday party and then to Cowboy Country to see Christian Simmons and meet up with someone. Fun for all. This little girl and her grandma got on the blueline together with the prettiest little pink bike with a balloon attached that said happy birthday. OMG she was so adorable and so happy. I tried to take a picture but I couldn't. I miss my kids at preschool. I had such a great bond with them. Oh well I needed to get a better job.

I think I have written quite enough for now. Hope you enjoyed it. Talk to you soon.

Citation...ahh no thanks don't need another one of those

So for the last 6 months I have been staying in LA like one day a week and using my Amtrak ticket to ride the metro rail. Then today I walk out saw the cops and hoped it would work again. But NO, this mega woman cop. We do not accept those. I don't care if you have been using it for 6 months. Now either purchase a ticket for today or I can give you a citation. I turned from her and said I will gladly purchase a $1.25 ticket.

So last week I started to get sick and it kept coming. This week I have become that ANNOYING person who coughs the whole time you are on the train. I even annoyed myself. This Asian lady got on the train today and she had an awesome outfit on. Her tights are sparkly, but you cant tell.



So today we started a new game on the platform while waiting for the train. We all gather where we think the train is going to stop and open the doors. Everyone gets into it. Today you heard all these grown adults grown when we were off by a few steps.

Have I told you that I have become an awesome Surfer? Yeah go fig I never thought I had it in me. LOL I surf everyday on the subway. They like to stop and go a lot and you have to shift your body so that you never fall over or bump anyone else. LOL Oh and it is so good for my knees! NOT.

Ewe tonight I had the "privileged" (or not) of hearing a Dad talk horribly to his son. He was telling him that he needed to grow up and take control of his life. I guess he got another ticket and his dad was hoping that this would make him finally wake up. Told him that he is not living up to his potential. Kept saying you need to wake up. He said a 2.8 in his book is a failure. This Dad thinks USD is a only a mediocre school. I felt horrible for his son. But I also felt sooo blessed to have the parents I have. Thanks Moms and Pops.

There was no sleeper car today and again you heard grown adults whine. LOL Then worse the rude couple sat behind me and kept slamming their tables and shaking my chair. Ooooh I was not happy. Of course when I looked back they were all cuddly...yes I am jealous.

The last thing for this post is that I just finished my latest book "The Wizard of Oz". WOW this books is very different from the movie. It was very graphic and dark. I loved it though. I got so much pleasure out of telling my Dad about all of the cool twists and differences. I would recommend it to anyone. You can really see the images when you read it because of the movie. I give it a thumbs up. AGAIN I rock at choosing books.

BYE

DCK??? Now I know why I am broke

I saw a guy today with a bag with the initials DCK. I laughed so hard, I almost peed my pants. DCK!!!!!!! Anyone else think this is funny? Just me? Fine.

Ewe today this guy sat next to me for about 1/2 the trip and chewed on his cuticle the whole time. He must have been very very hungry.

Today I realized that no one will sit by you if you sit going backwards on the train. LOL. With the time change I now get to see some very beautiful sunsets and I also get to see some hot guys playing volleyball. LUCKY ME!

Today I hit snooze and luckily the great American Cat alarm woke me up in time to get to the train. I jumped up and feed my alarm, got dresses and ran out the door. Not only did I miss my alarm I get on the train and my ipod (anthony's) is dead. AHHHHHH no music to drown out the rest of the people on the train. Oh yeah and I have a sore throat and a stuffy nose. Yeah this is gonna be a great day. Did I mention that there is a lady behind me that was filing her nails. That sound drives me nuts.

This morning the elevator was pretty full and someone sarcastically said how many people can we fit in here? I said flatly, 20 or 3000 lbs. Nobody laughed and nobody made a comment. I thought it was pretty funny.

I took the metro home to my parents house today. The a homeless man walked on and gave some sob story and guess who forked up a buck. The guy next to me said "he's been telling that story for 9 months now." I said "Well God has blessed my and I like to give back when I have a chance. Since I never carry cash I guess that when I do have cash I feel like it is a sign to give it out. But seriously, I probably should just carry change. When I got on the green line, a few African guys got into the train and proceeded to have a beat box party on the train behind me. Rapping and beat boxing for about 4 exits. I rather hear/and see that type beating opposed to the other type I saw last month.

Am I still asleep? Pinch me

This morning I was talking the metro to work, because I stayed in LA. So on the green line a very hurt and dirty homeless man was asking for money. I gave his the change from my purse which was only pennies. I had some money but did not give it to him. I feel and felt so guilty. I could have helped him. I could have feed him for a day. And I did nothing because I am selfish. He had horrible teeth, not very many either. His hands were all cut up and dirty. He then thanked me for the pennies like it was the best thing in the world. I apologized or not having more to give him...liar. He said no no thank you so much. I once at the whole day on pennies. If you ask enough people you get lots. I went back to reading my book and he smiled at me and said be careful you may catch something...knowledge. He told me he used to be a bookworm. I smiled and said really. He said yes, he used to be very smart and loved to read. Then he stood up and started to recite a poem. He had tears in his eye and in his voice but he stood proud. It killed me. I was so choked up. It was so funny and good. He said not bad for a 15 year old boy huh? I wrote that when I was 15 years old and waited on it for 30 years. Than I won first prize on poetry.com. This man touched me so much, but as I went to reach for my dollars he was gone. God has really blessed me by the people I meet on the train. This guy was God's way of saying to me I have blessed you, your time to give back. Guess who failed. Yep me. He was a very nice man, humble and proud, but not afraid ask for help. We can all learn a lesson from him. Stand proud, be humble but never be afraid to ask for help.

Then around Hawthorne blvd a lady got on the train sat down across from me and then she looked at me and started to talk to my in Spanish. I kept answering in English. She kept going and I kept answering in English. Then she asked me something and I said I don't know and she got annoyed with me. Here is what I am thinking. If you can understand English and I keep answering you in English and you are not getting the answer you want then HELL ask your question in English. Because seriously I only understood a little over 1/4 of our conversation. So if she got lost it is not my fault.

On to the Blue line after only one exit on comes this "lady" about my height and skinny, no hair and very masculine looking. She stands up and with the tiniest voice every ans starts singing a Christmas song. "Jolly old Saint Nicholas lean your ear this way don't you tell a single soul what I am going to say..." then she changed the words in to a song about Jesus Christ coming to save all of our souls. She just kept singing. Then when she was done in that tiny little voice she asked if anyone had any spare change. I gave her a dollar and so did someone else. Then she drops to her knees and louder than before...if it was possible and now in a very very low manly voice she started singing "Total Eclipse of the Heart" SERIOUSLY this really happened. She was singing and singing. WOW I can't believe this was happening.

When she left the guy next to me and I just started laughing and talking about the crazy things we've seen on the metro. He said that there is a guy that can pop out both of his eyes. He said it is the grossest thing ever. He's seen a break dancing Mexican and a man with a guitar that sings his own songs and he said is real good. Then we started to talk about the smelly people we have sat by. LOL Then he told me about how one night he was coming home from being out late drinking and he had no idea how much he smelled. Then he used to work in a fish market and man he said I smelled worse than anything ever. I hope I am NEVER the smelly girl. HAHA

Can you believe all of that happened in one short one hour trip? Anyone want to join me? Until next time

P.S. on Friday I rode home with a girl from work. She was going to San Diego for her mom's birthday. It was nice to have a friend.

Evil Carol is let out of the box!

So today as I was trying to sleep on the way to work these two older ladies sat down in the chairs in front of me. From there it was gab gab gab. They talked the whole way..loudly! They this man walked over and it turns out that it was one of the ladies husband. Apparently he was sitting in another row far from them. LOL. I wish I was too. The wife ask him it he wanted to join them and after he said yes and stared to walk away the other lady was like great there goes our alone time. Whatever. That made me laugh pretty hard. He moved over and then they stared talking and "Carol" (the single one) and said well I was going to tell you this when we were alone, but I guess we wont have that anymore. The husband was like I am sorry I have already moved my stuff. No no that is fine, I was just going to apologize for Evil Carol. Huh? They both said. Both the husband and wife sounded clueless to what she was talking about. I guess the other lady promised to call Carol back and she never did. Then that night they all went to a dinner party and Carol and the other lady were supposed to sit next to each other according to the name plates. I guess the other lady sat down as far away from Carol as possible - that is how Carol explained it. The other lady was still sounding like she had no idea what Carol was talking about. Then Carol said that I got mad at you for that. So I let Evil Carol out of the box. Have you seen the pictures you took from that night? Remember how you kept trying to take my picture and I would not let you? Then I finally turn and you got a picture of Evil Carol. I try really hard not to let her out of the box, but I was just so mad at you. Great now your husband is going to hold that over my head for the rest of my life. See this is why I was going to tell you alone. The husband just looked at the lady and said Evil Carol hmmm. Ok.

I'm sure we can all relate to my friend Carol I mean we all have parts of our personalities that we don't let out or try very hard not to let out. Don't even tell me you dont agree with me. I'll point out to each one of you who yours is. LOL. As annoying as it was to miss sleep, I got a good laugh that morning. Awe I could see Denise, Gregg and Myself in 15 years. Except I would never get mad at Denise for those lame reasons. Though I am sure I have been there and done that before. The moral of this story is that when you are upset, be careful because that is when the worse of you comes out. Talking about your feelings and letting people know where you stand is the best way. But try not to let your friends husband hear you..he really will hold it over your head for years! Oh Gregg could right his own blog on the adventures of Denise and Terri from 2002 and on.

Last call for Los Angeles

This guy next to me right now is very very smelly. He is also very very drunk. Before the train left they said last call and he stood up and said "Last call for alcohol, Good I need a drink. I've had a very hard life" Then he was like but I lost it. I've lost the cafe cart and I don't know where it is.

He asked a girl what she was reading and she said Homework. He said Halmark, like the cards? She said Homework and he said Homer, I want to read good books like that. She said no Homework for school. He said I just dont speak you language

Now he is humming to his own internal tune.

Today I became totally fascinated by the Amish. I wonder how they live. I wonder where they live. I wonder why they take the train from San Diego to LA and where they go after that. I wonder if they are all still inbred. I wonder if someone can just decided to become Amish and join the club. I wonder if they still make all of their own clothes or if they have an Amish Walmart. I wonder if they still stop formal education after 8th grade or something like that.

The ladies in front of me talked about cooking the whole entire way home. Talk about making a girl hungry! They talked about cooking and I researched the Amish. LOL. I think I might be an Amish for Halloween...it that mean?

All in one day! really.

Did you know that you can arrange to have the train meet you right at the exit of the elevator? Yeah and there is no extra cost at all. It's like having your own really big limo and chauffeur. It pulls up and even opens the doors for you. Bad news is if the elevator door does not open quick enough it takes off without you! LOL Damn running late again, but I made it.

So today I found the BEST BEST BEST place on the train to sleep. Curtains were all closed, I lay back and get ready to sleep and NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO the man across the aisle opened his curtain. The in Oceanside this guy gets on and sites behind me and gets on his phone. He then proceeds to talk on he cell phone the whole entire way to Los Angeles and not just talk but yell! You know how you talk with someone who does not know English and you feel if you talk louder it will help them understand you better. Yeah like that the whole way there and my ipod just could not help quiet him...or I would have gone deaf. No sleep for the sleepy.

On a good note I WON today! What did I when you ask...really your are asking? Gosh you sure don't read my blog a lot. I beat my Nemesis to the dressing room! Whaaa haaa haa (that is my evil laugh). By the way that girl knows how to put the make up on well. She looks just like you and me without the make-up then she spends 30 minutes (just kidding I don't know how long) and she walks out a model.

Oh did I tell you that today 2 people closed the elevator on my face. Yeah they could see me but did it anyway. What has this world come too? We don't say HI to our neighbors anymore. We don't even know our neighbors. Gosh I remember when we were growing up and living in the house on Ramona that we had a neighbor like Wilson on home improvement. She used to make us zucchini bread and handed it to us over the wall. LOL. Now people just look at you smile and shut the elevator doors on you.

I saw a hottie on the subway. I even talked to him. He had one of those electric books. I asked him about it and we talked all the way to the street level. And then he walked out of my life.