In Which Cinderannie Has a Misadventure

Hi everyone. I figure I owe you all a quick update, right? Nothing particularly exciting has happened lately – I went to the advanced ballet class because it was the only ballet day I had off, and it wasn’t quite as awful as I was expecting. I couldn’t do a few of the combinations but another girl in the class showed me how to do a few steps I had trouble with at the end of class.
I did have a bit of an adventure last night. Yesterday I had left my car at the magic kingdom parking lot, because I forgot when I was going home that I had driven, and took the bus back. So I was going to drive home last night, and I went and set my stuff in the front seat and saw that my parking lights were turned to on. Oh dear. Needless to say, when I put the key in and turned, nothing happened at all. Not even a squeak. I asked a guy parking nearby if he had jumper cables, and he did, but he had just recently started driving and neither of us was sure of how to jump a car. I ought to know this. I think I should have someone give me instructions, and write it down and keep it in my car. That would be the sensible thing to do. At any rate, I didn’t want to damage the battery or get electrocuted, so I thanked him and decided to just leave the car and take the bus home. So I went and waited at the bus stop for the bus. Given that it was now past 2am, it was no surprise that once I got on the bus, I curled up and fell asleep – after putting on my socks because it was freezing on that bus. I woke up just as we were arriving at Chatham, so I quickly gathered up my things. Darn it, darn it, WHERE IS MY OTHER SHOE?? I looked around, under the seats, bother bother bother, oh no we’re pulling away! Oh but we stop in front for people to get on, I’ll just hop off, no, no, we’re not stopping! Augh!
Once we had reached Vista Way I had satisfied myself that the shoe was really not on the bus. Which meant it was either left in my car or at the bus stop. Rats. And did any busses even run from Vista to Chatham at this hour of the night? I got off the bus and went to look. (It was about 2:50am at this point.) Only one bus was still running, the Downtown Disney bus, which fortunately stopped at Vista and then Chatham. But it wasn’t coming until 3:25. Lovely. And I wasn’t even supposed to be on Vista Way property after 1am! I plunked down on the curb to wait, holding my costumes and my one shoe, probably looking like a refugee. A security dude came up to me.
“What’s your story?” he said. So I explained. He said, “Okay,” and told me I could wait at the nearby picnic tables. So I did. And it was the chilliest part of the night and I had just been asleep which always makes me cold so I was freezing. And finally the bus came. But just one or two people got off, and I saw that there was no one left on the bus, and since no one would be getting on the bus at Chatham at this hour, he might not stop there! He got off the bus and I went and asked him,
“You are stopping at Chatham, yes?” He looked at me inquiringly.
“I suppose... Why, do you need to go there?”
“Yes, I live there.”
“Getting home a bit late, aren’t you?”
“Well, I worked late in the Magic Kingdom and then I was going to drive home but my car is out of batteries and I lost my shoe somewhere along the way and I was looking for it on the bus so I missed getting off at Chatham so I had to get off here and you’re the only bus still running at this hour,” I finished, sounding a bit pathetic even to myself.
“Poor baby,” he said, half-joking but kindly. “Yes, I will take you to Chatham.” So I went and got on the bus and waited for him to come back, very glad I was getting home. When he came back he said,
“Okay, sweetie, let’s get you home.” And when we got there he said, “Here we are, sweetie.” I hadn’t been called “sweetie” in a while. It was kind of comforting. I think he must be a grandfather. Anyway, I got back home at about 3:45, very relieved. And had a shower and some vegetable soup.
So that was my adventure of yesterday. I am hoping to find my shoe and get my car started today. Wish me luck.