The giggle loop
This morning is cold. Very cold. I get up fairly early. I decide that I don’t want to go to Racodac. I force myself out of the house anyway. I have a great morning…
Standing at the bus stop for what seemed like four ice ages, a bus (not ‘mine’) pulled in to let some people on. Whilst they were boarding, the back doors opened and an old ish lady started hobbling off. Halfway out of the bus (as I said, she was hobbling) the doors started closing on her.
Now, I was standing leaning against the bus shelter, feeling the cold and desperately trying not to laugh. I controlled myself and settled with a slight smile. Then I thought how funny it would’ve been had I laughed, and the smile grew a bit bigger.
By this point, the old ish lady was still half in/out of the bus, and I’m thinking how funny it would’ve been had I laughed at how funny it would’ve been to have laughed in the first place. Slowly but surely the smile turned into a grin. Then a chuckle. Then a full outburst of laughter.
Excellent. Picture it now if you will.
Some time later (and still rather smiley), the usually double-decker numbered bus that I get came along in the form of a single-decker bus. I saw two of these numbered buses as single-decker ones late last week and made it my aim for this week to get on one. And considering it’s only Monday and I’ve already cracked it, that’s pretty good going.
The bus took a fair while to get to my destination, and knowing of a room change for software training but not what room it’d changed to, I rush-walked in. And arrived bang on time.
Then (yes, it gets better) it started snowing!
I did say to my mother that if it did start snowing (as forecast by Mr. Meteorologist), I’d be returning home as soon as I noticed the rarity. But I’ve kinda settled here for the time being, emailing that Zehra A. person and casually Internetting.
Oh, and I’m observing this tutorial closely. But that goes without saying.
Ahem.