Just Another Nearly Nude Moment to Brighten My Day
I can only hope that since I’ve already lost it and it’s only 9:30 am that the rest of the day will be cake. I mean really… how is it possible to get up at 5 am, work out for 70 minutes, do the dishes, get ready, and then have the day be shot to hell?
I take the bus to work, which I actually enjoy. The commute is only 15-20 minutes (vs. riding the Metro which is close to 30 or 40) and there aren’t any tourists. Ever. As the bus pulled up this morning, I realized that I didn’t have my SmarTrip card with me (which had close to $200 on it).
I walked home and ransacked my apartment… no card. As I quickly calculated where I lost it, I realized that I dropped it on the bus after I used it on Tuesday afternoon. I got in my car and drove to work. Metro’s website told me my card had no value (!) when I tried to transfer the funds. I called and let the phone ring 21 times. No one picked up and their mailbox was full. I was, by this time, close to having a hissy fit so I huffed myself over Metro Center.
Metro Center has 3 street entrances and of course I went to the other two before finding the correct one with customer service inside. The guy in the booth said he couldn’t help because it’s a contracted situation. Gee, thanks. His contribution to my story was 1) ticking me off; and 2) giving me a phone number to the company that contracts the SmarTrip cards.
That organization picked up on the third ring and I actually spoke to a human! Wow. She gave me some directions but I dropped the phone in the middle of her soliloquy. I quickly found myself on my hands and knees, kneeling where a homeless person had most likely peed the night before, and scribbling her instructions to transfer the $200 to my new card.
The escalator continued belching up commuters. There was a tour bus full of passengers, a UPS truck, FedEx truck, and people of all sorts rushing around me. I got up and narrowly avoided being hit by a cab. I found myself crossing over F Street on 13th and then felt a rather odd sensation. Did I mention I’m wearing a wrap dress today?
The ties in the back had come undone and I was not only on my hands and knees 3 minutes earlier (to the untrained eye, I’m sure it looked as though I was praying to Allah), but now I was taking my clothes off a few blocks from the White House and showing my goods to the world.
Some days I can not control my coolness.
awesome Pam moment!I was at church Sunday carrying baby and diaper bag when I felt my pantyhose slip down and I ignored it..they got to my knees when I realized it was my skirt!! Nice Ann…only I didn’t have all of DC witness.
But you stripped at church. Church. Too bad it was in Nampa and not Colonial because that would’ve been classic and not at all emotionally scarring.
i tripped going up the stairs today at work…spilled hoards of gift cards on the stairs and bent the cover a book i had borrowed from a co-worker…now I’m treated like one of those non-lendworthy people..like i gnaw on my books and take them to the bathroom….and my wrist hurts. no audience tho.. a definite plus.
You tripped and bent a book cover and now you’re non-lendworthy? Your co-workers are Philistines.
Oops!
Just another day in the life of Pammy Girl.
Oh, I love you for your quirky clumsiness Pammy! Really, it is endearing. But why am I never around when gorgeous blondes abruptly rid themselves of their clothing?
Hello… you’ve got that blonde gypsy who seems more than willing to shed an article of clothing (or five) for a cigarette. Why not enjoy what’s right in front of you?
I trust you took Mother’s advice to ALWAYS wear clean underwear!
Of course. I was also wearing Spanx. Of course the Spanx are nude-colored.
Once upon a time (in high school) I hoiked my school bag onto my shoulder…..and brought that side of my skirt with it. That was fun
I bet you got a boyfriend right after that, right?
I love my Pammy! Sorry I’m laughing though…
Liar. Liar. PANTS ON FIRE.
I’m sorry you had a nearly nude moment today
What was Diane von Furstenberg thinking when she created the wrap dress LOL. I hope you day gets better!
Good call on the DVF… she’s a genius, by the way! I love all of my wrap dresses… except when they fall off. Of course maybe that’s a sign that I should buy more clothes. Thoughts???
She is a genius! It all depends on whether or not you want your clothes to all fall off…I know that’s my main concern when I get up in the morning “what can I wear that will show off the goods!?” lol j/k. I do think it is an excellent excuse to go shopping…but I mean what isn’t a good excuse to spend some hard earned cash!