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Still in the Bay Area for that training.

I had a wonderful time, staying at my friend Yoko's for the first two evenings. Since then, I've been at one of my sisters-in-law, who lives in the Oakland Hills. This meant my traditional BART ride to San Francisco's Market Street station, and from there to the TransBay Bus Terminal, where a bus would wend its way over the Bay Bridge and up into the Hills. Except that the Terminal, much to my surprise on Tuesday evening, has been replaced by a heap of rubble and dirt. Luckily, they had relocated only a few blocks over to a more modern setup. I think I will miss the old Terminal's squalid facilities though.

Yesterday was our 25th wedding anniversary, the first time that my wife and I weren't together on that day since we tied the knot in Toronto. This should be the one and only time we'll be prevented from celebrating.



(By the way, yesterday, I knew I'd miss the TransBay's last bus to my in-law so I took BART to the Rockridge Station, and walked up the Hills - and I do mean UP - back to her place. I was quite pleased that it took almost exactly the same time as that walk downhill. Not too bad for a 55-year-old.)

Date: Jan. 27th, 2011 03:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fledgist.livejournal.com
Happy anniversary to you!

Date: Jan. 28th, 2011 04:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serge-lj.livejournal.com
Thanks, buddy!

Date: Jan. 27th, 2011 04:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] etumukutenyak.livejournal.com
Heck, that's excellent for a 46 year old...congratulations on your anniversary !

Date: Jan. 28th, 2011 04:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serge-lj.livejournal.com
And, while my body temperature had definitely gone up, I was never out of breath. I guess those workouts at the gym have paid off.

Date: Jan. 27th, 2011 04:29 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] readinggeek451
Happy Anniversary!

Date: Jan. 28th, 2011 04:37 am (UTC)

Date: Jan. 27th, 2011 08:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mjlayman.livejournal.com
Happy Silver Anniversary!

Date: Jan. 28th, 2011 04:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serge-lj.livejournal.com
Going for the gold!
Edited Date: Jan. 28th, 2011 04:38 am (UTC)

Date: Jan. 28th, 2011 12:16 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] pedanther
Happy anniversary to you both!

Date: Jan. 28th, 2011 04:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serge-lj.livejournal.com
Thanks. Maybe we'll make up for it by going out on Saturday, after I've gone home.

Date: Jan. 28th, 2011 06:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kathryn-ironic.livejournal.com
Happy quarter century! Congratulations

Date: Jan. 30th, 2011 03:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serge-lj.livejournal.com
Thanks, Kathryn!

Date: Jan. 28th, 2011 09:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophielandon.livejournal.com
Downhill is when you know your knees are going--or, worse, have gone.

Date: Jan. 30th, 2011 04:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serge-lj.livejournal.com
My knees aren't gone yet, what with my still being able to push up 250 pounds with my legs at the gym, but there are days when I can feel the approach of old age.

Date: Jan. 29th, 2011 06:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pecunium.livejournal.com
It was worse for Marna. She came into that Terminal (of which I have a fair number of my own memories, good, bad, indifferent, and yes, Squalid), and when she was leaving it wasn't there.

Confusion reigned.

Congrats on the anniversary

Date: Jan. 30th, 2011 04:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serge-lj.livejournal.com
Thanks.

I was rather confused too when I got to that intersection. It was something of an eyesore, which might explain why movies seldom showed it aside from 1971's "The Organization" (Sidney Poitier and a very young Raul Julia). Still...