Planned and unplanned meetings

This past Saturday I took my last trip to Chicago for the next ten months. And it was lovely. The weather was perfect, sunny but not too warm. My day started with the train ride into the city. After I got on the train, a boy from the grade school I attended got on the same car as mine (Paul Roycroft). He was with his family and I chatted with him for about two minutes. Once I arrived in Chicago, I met up with my friend Rachel, also met her in grade school. She said while she was waiting for me (since I told her the wrong time), she ran into a couple who are parents of someone else we went to grade school with (the Houstons). We had breakfast together, me and Rachel, and it was wonderful. Rachel is the person you can not talk to for months or even years, and it would be as if you saw her yesterday. I learned about her crazy and wonderful family and her upcoming wedding. I told her all about what I know about my future. She walked me to the El and we said good-bye for at least a year.

I took the El up to Bryn Mawr, and as I was walking on the platform, noticed that a girl I went to college with was sitting and waiting for the train to take her back into the city. So we chatted for a few minutes and told her I would visit her apartment next July. The afternoon was then filled with Andy and Heather, so it was amazing. We dyed my hair, again, and had a good lunch and watched Lord of the Rings. After the good afternoon, I took the bus back into the city and was supposed to transfer to another bus. The first bus was late getting in, so I had to run from Michigan and Jackson to Olgilvie station in about 20 minutes. Apparently the new Batman movie was being filmed downtown and somewhat had to run through that. Somehow, I made it on the train on time. While I was looking for an empty seat, I then think I saw another person I went to college with! But since I didn't really want to talk to him (if it was him), I just continued walking. After many full cars, I came across a car that was near empty and sat down and relaxed. Oh Chicago, you are so big, but yet I still run into people when I am there.