Thursday, April 17, 2008

Imaginary taxi fairy

I've always wanted to ride a train.
a real life train on the tracks- horn blowing train.
and recently I learned that there is one
that goes from San Francisco to Mountain View (where my office is)
every morning - and has wireless internet so that I can work on the way.
and the best part,
it's called "the baby bullet"

So instead of fighting traffic in the mornings,
I'm going to be sipping my coffee, taking conference calls
and answering my emails from the comfort of a southbound train.

and the train accomodates bicycles
(it just keeps getting better)
so my darling bicycle, Josephine
can carry me from the train station to the office.

I have all these romantic notions in my head
about sipping hot tea in the sunlight of our bay window
and laying in the park with our dogs
and riding trains and bicycles.

I know things don't always turn out the way we expect
but right now, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a hot air balloon
shuttle to the post office and a stage coach pulled by unicorns to take us to dinner in the evenings.

I also hear there are leprechauns in the sewer system ;)

M

2 comments:

aunt jelly frances :::hummingbird::: said...

this one's my favorite so far.

so far being the key term :)

Anonymous said...

Oh Melissa I love this.
I am such an idealist and while I know things don't always turn out the way I conjure them in my head I can hold on to hope for a very long time.

I hope you find your hot air balloons and unicorns in SF!!

--Abigail