Elaine & I were supposed to head in to Don Hills (I thought it was dunhills.....don't ask) last night to see her ex, TLS, play with his new band. It took me 50 minutes to get to Valley Stream & it seemed to take almost as long to get to the sation because people can't drive.
I bought my ticket, not noticing all of the people milling around in an odd and confused manner, and plowed up the stairs to wait in the little room until our train arrived. We get in to the waiting room & an announcement comes on "Please be advised that due to the inclement weather, the Rockaway, Babylon, and Hempstead lines are temporarily suspended". WHAT??? Okay, it's cold and raining outside, but it's not inclement weather. Why are we not on a train?
So we hang around. E. textx TLS to tell him we are running late. We wait longer. I text Gameboy to see if he knows why this is happening (he did work on subways & knows MTA people). He has no clue. E. texts TLS again to say we won't be making it because it is now almost 8:30 and he goes on at 9 and we will only get there by 10ish IF the trains start moving. He texts her to take a taxi and he'll pay. Ummm......no. It's one thing if he sent a car from his car service, but I do not think taxi cabs run into lower Manhattan from Valley Stream.
So now what? We head to RVC to find a bar. We need drinks and men.....in either order. We ended up at Cabo, a cute little bar/restaurant in the heart of the village. E. ordered a Mexican slide (Friday's mudslide) and I ordered a Sangria which was very yummy.
We people-watched. No good-looking guys there! So, to sober up a bit, we went to Starbucks and sat there drinking coffee. We rambled on about who knows what, but it was fun because I remember giggling a lot.
I got hom early (11:30) and settled in to watch a movie. I didn't notice it, but my phone had a message left at midnight. Gameboy called. Why? To say "hi". This is the second time ina week. Again, may I remind all of youthat he never called me when we dated and it was I had to call him. Now with the policy in place he can call me? I am so confused.
I found out this morning that there were power lines down on the track in the VS area and that is why we did not make it to the show. Darn!
