Rex Hammock

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sometimes you take the bus

posted on March 15, 2007 by leah.jones

I'm experimenting with moblogging this afternoon and am writing this with my blackberry on the bus. A few years ago, before Edelman, I worked at a study abroad provider. One of my tasks was coordinating travel for my foreign program directors.

Maria Eugenia reminded us all of charro, in a good way. She was a bright woman with a great laugh and her students adored her. She was coming up from chile to visit colleges in the northeast. A few days before her flight, she surprised me with news that she'd just had LASIC.

Yes, the eye surgery. That meant she would not be able to drive. Trains and airplanes were out of the question, due to schedules and costs. So I did what any 20something former backpacker would do. I put her on the bus.

I was very lucky that she wasn't a primadona. She took it in stride and made plenty of new friends. So maybe the next time you are on a small plane, be grateful that I didn't book tour travel. I would have put you on a bus.

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After 4 airplanes in the past 24 hours, I think I should have taken the bus this trip. Good for Maria.

Posted by: walker // March 28, 2007 12:15 AM

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