start taking public transportation again

Today I not only left my apartment by myself, I took the el downtown - by myself - to have lunch with Brian. It was easier than I expected, even leaving the house, but the cleaning lady was here and that always motivates me to get out.

Our stop is near the end of our end of the line so it was pretty empty when I got on, which it would be anyway at that time of day. As we got to the trendy/more populated neighborhoods the train started filling up to the point where people had to stand. I started feeling an anxiety attack coming on, but thankfully it didn’t. I just kept looking at the sights out the window.

Since today’s Earth Day, I decided to take the el to buy cat food. OK, to be honest, I just didn’t feel like driving, and it’s such a gorgeous day out and my ankle was fine enough to walk the 4 blocks to the el stop and back.

As for taking the el on a regular basis, well, we’ll see. I was just annoyed that my old fare card expired. There was at least $10 on it, too!