My new friend Matthew

Well the bus worked great for the inbound trip to the office. However when you're done working and ready to head home it's a distressing feeling when you and a friendly homeless guy named Matthew are the only 2 people standing at the corner of Michigan and Griswold waiting for the bus which is now 15 minutes late. I decided to cut bait and bid adieu to Matthew who was not at all concerned about making the bus.

Luckily friend John K. is still at work in a nearby office tower. He will be done in 20 min. and can then give me a ride home. What a great luxury-- but not so great for others who may not have been as lucky. The next day I emailed the folks at SMART Bus and I was soon sent a detour map showing that all westbound buses were following due to some building renovation projects. Apparently the regular riders had this information. Now a hardened veteran I am prepared to attempt a there AND back trip this Tuesday. Hopefully the detour route does not change again.

PS- while waiting for Johnny K. I was able to stop in the downtown Borders in order to check out my wife's new book "The Parents Guide to Speech and Language Problems" D. Feit, 2007, McGraw Hill Professional. In order to help give the local author a boost I repositioned a few other volumes so that the PGSLP could face cover out. If you are in your local bookstore I encourage you to help promote the cause and position her book accordingly.