When my sister Stephanie had just had her son Jaustin I would go up to Salt Lake to babysit him every now and then. I lived in Orem and I didn’t have a car so I would take the bus. I would walk from my place to a UVSC bus stop, give the driver $1.50 and ask for a transfer ticket. See the bus I would get on at UVSC would take me to the Trax station in Sandy. Then I would take a Trax train up to 3300 south and then take another bus that would drop me off 2 blocks away from my sister’s place.
First off can I just say I love riding buses. They are just so magical. Second off can I also add that Trax train is also very mystical. Where else can you put on your earphones and blast Jewel and look out the window forlorn and sadly beautiful?
So I rode the bus into Salt Lake County… Got off in Sandy… got on Trax… looked out the window and looked mysterious…. looked over at a guy who was sketching in some book (also trying to do the mysterious thing)
He looked at me and we made eye contact and then looked away from each other fast. Him back to fiercely sketching something in his sketch book. (me????) I looked back out the window and tried to force a big poetic tear out of one of my eyes.
Anywasy so I got out at 3300 south and waited at the bus stop for the next bus. Except I couldn’t just stand there… I had to look cool… So I decided to stand there… my earphones in… my beanie smashed down around my ears… my turquoise and purple hand me down Columbia ski Jacket from Jen Beardall zipped up to right underneath my chin…
Like this
As the cars whizzed past me on State Street and 33rd I know they were looking out and thinking
“Who in THE WORLD is that Beautiful Ballerina?” and several of them almost got in an accident because clearly I probably took their breath away.
But as they passed I would just keeping looking straight forward with total concentration. A serious ballerina does not break her form.
Then the bus pulled up and I gracefully got on and delicately sat in my seat. I crossed my legs and flexed my feet. Point toes… now flex… Point toes… now flex… now roll the foot around… loosen up those ankles. Re cross legs to work the other foot. Point Flex Point Flex… Rooooll..
Then the bus got to my stop and I did this (see below) as I stepped off the first step and landed so effortlessly and gracefully on the ground.
(Soooo beautiful)
(Okay I just got off the bus regular… no leaping… but I did try to walk with my feet out for a little bit until the bus had pulled away and was out of view :)
the end.
