Amber & Separated At Birth/Bus

Are these guys twins?

I would definitely be excited if either one showed up at the M14 stop.

Amber & Losing My Head (if it wasn't attached)

Oy. I am not the most remembering of people. It's definitely a lack of focus, a lack of mindfulness as the yogis would say. The first week I worked as a gardener, I forgot my keys in my desk and didn't realize it until I had gotten all the way home. (I had to come all the way back and then go all the way home again.) And, it often takes me four or five attempts to get out the front door. "Oh! I forgot my phone." "Oh! I forgot the trash." "Oh! I forgot to wear pants." Etc. This is one of my Character Flaws.

This morning, I had to go pick up my x-rays from my general doctor and bring them to the office of a specialist who is going to give a second opinion, at my doctor's request, about getting my nose fixed. This had to be done in person because I also needed to fill out some paperwork. So, I had to schlepp all the way from my house down to 31st and Park, then over to NYU Medical Center on 1st Avenue, and then all the way back over to the 4 train. Only, when my train came out of the tunnel and became elevated in the Bronx, I realized I had left my wallet at the specialist's office. So I had to go all the way back. And then, come back into the Bronx.

Tonight, I am meeting Jimmy for Belated Amber Christmas Dinner (he was in England for the actual holiday), and will have to do some more cross-Manhattan traveling. At the end of the day, I will have been on

A train to 125th, transfer to the D

D train to 34th Street

M34 bus cross-town to Park to destination

X-Ray Delivery

M34 bus cross-town to Broadway

4 train to 161st Street

4 train downtown to 34th Street
M34 bus cross-town to 1st Avenue to get wallet

M34 bus back to Park

4 train to Bedford Park Blvd

BX26 bus to work

Work

BX26 bus to 4 train

4 train to 86th Street, transfer to 6

6 train to 72nd

Dinner with Jimmy

And then, I have to get from the Upper East Side to the Way, Way Upper West Side home.

My Unlimited Monthly Metrocard is sure tired.

Amber & Product Samples

I love product samples, but surprisingly not when they come attached to my morning coffee.

This morning, I bought my morning cup from Crumbs & Coffee-- the desperate act of a caffeine addict running late for the H1 bus.

It came with a sample of a product attached, as depicted above, but for my cup BriteVision Media had attached a sample of Jacqua Pink Buttercream Frosting Lucious Lotion.

It's certainly accurate-smelling, but I find cake undesirable in a hand scent. The lesson? Crumbs & Coffee is bad and cake-scented hand lotion is not a logical upsell for coffee.