For past several years I always celebrate Columbus Day weekend taking a train trip. This year I will be flying to Portland on Friday October 5. Saturday I return to Chicago on 28.
After my first 5 weeks of elementary school as a teacher, I’m ready for a train ride. I’ve always taught high school before. So watching the sometimes orderly lines of kids pass by in the hall remind me of trains. An orderly line causes me to think, Highball Ms Jones’s class. A disorderly class causes me to think, Ms Smith’s class, defect detector stop your train now.
Out the door at 4:10. Unbelievably light traffic and I’m parked at union station by 4:45 with plenty of time to catch the 5:01 Antioch train to O’Hare transfer. I arrive there about 5:40. My flight departs at 7:57 and is already noted as 20 minutes late.
After my first 5 weeks of elementary school as a teacher, I’m ready for a train ride. I’ve always taught high school before. So watching the sometimes orderly lines of kids pass by in the hall remind me of trains. An orderly line causes me to think, Highball Ms Jones’s class. A disorderly class causes me to think, Ms Smith’s class, defect detector stop your train now.
Out the door at 4:10. Unbelievably light traffic and I’m parked at union station by 4:45 with plenty of time to catch the 5:01 Antioch train to O’Hare transfer. I arrive there about 5:40. My flight departs at 7:57 and is already noted as 20 minutes late.
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