Well, I fixed the transit issue, but may have lost yet more of my dignity in the process. <\/p>\n
The nice Customer Service people at GO told me I could change my Weston pass to an Oakville pass for the balance of the month. I just needed to go see a counter person and ask for an “upgrade”, then pay the $70 difference. When I went to the counter and explained, the man said “What, you not living in Weston anymore? Why?” so I replied, “No, uhh, no… there was a… domestic dispute…” and then trailed off and just stood there like a moron, tears dripping off my chin. He processed my paperwork pretty damn fast after our awkward moment of weepy silence, then said “Sorry” and gave me his best basset-hound face as I put my credit card back in my wallet and walked away. Yay, humiliation! In front of a customer service representative!<\/p>\n
My lovely new 35-minute commute sure gives me plenty of time to mull. I tried thinking WWVMD, “What would Veronica Mars do?” but quickly realized she would probably have already committed arson and\/or tazered her offending partner to death by now, so that line of thought was not helpful. Then I thought about what the hell I’m supposed to do with my “I (heart) Justin” socks –my brain is pretty scattered right now, there are many random segues– and then I thought about Justin’s tube socks and how he likes me to roll them down and scratch the pressure-marks where the elastic was. Then I started looking around for a rubber mallet or a 2×4 or something hard to knock myself unconscious with, to no avail.<\/p>\n
When I got into work, one of the Managers told me I looked under the weather and asked how I was feeling. My first instinct was to reply flippantly, “Oh, you know, case of the Mondays”. My second instinct was to give her the real answer; “Tired. Sad. Alone. Empty. Slightly dead inside.” But luckily I went with instinct #3, which was, “I feel single.” She asked, “Was it your call?” and I shook my head, and she muttered “Bastard”, then went to her office and gave me a fistful of bubble wrap to pop. <\/p>\n
I no longer wish to wake up and try to act normal, please and thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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