Kiwi Shot

ARGH.  I had the worst morning.

I dream a lot, very vividly, very scary, very real.  This morning it wasn’t so scary, but it was real enough to get me out of bed at 4am.  Tomorrow at work, I have a board meeting I have to organise the food for.  This morning I woke up and thought it was Tuesday.  I was like OMG I FORGOT TO BUY FOOD.  HOW DID I FORGET?  WHY DIDN’T I GO TO THE SHOP YESTERDAY?  I got out of bed and thought frantically, ok, ok.  How do I fix this.  How do I do this without anyone knowing.  What time does the supermarket open.  I turned on my laptop and fumbled around for a bit… I was still half asleep.  I looked at the time.  It was 4am.  I swung my mouse over the little task tray.  It said Monday.  I am a dick.

I tried to get back to sleep but the anxiety of “forgetting to get food” was still there and it took me ages to nod off again.  I think I got another half an hour of sleep in before I had to get up.

So the rest of the morning pretty much went ok.  I got on the tube.  I played my Nintendo.  I finally arrived at Kings Cross, the station I switch tubes at to get to work.

As we approached… it looked a bit weird.  There were no people.

There were also sirens going off.

The train stopped, but the doors didn’t open.  I could hear a loud mechanical voice coming out the speakers in the station.  “PLEASE EVACUATE THE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.  PLEASE EVACUATE THE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY”.

“Fuck.”  I thought.  The doors stayed closed.  “Sorry folks”, the train driver announced.  “Looks like no ones getting off here.  Next stop, Caledonian Road.”

I depend on the tube so much.  Without it, I’m lost. Not just lost.  But really lost.  As in, stranded.  I followed the crowd out on to the street and made a mental note to never go to Caledonian Road again for a visit.  It was rough as guts.

3 buses later (I went the wrong direction on one of them for about 4 stops) I finally got to work an hour late.  Now, at least I can go to the supermarket to pick up the food for tomorrow.

Quick note: I’ve no idea why the station was being evacuated.  I figured it was a bomb scare.