My major task for today was to present material for both a morning and afternoon videoconference. The conference site was located in another building a few miles from my office, so I made two round trips on the shuttle bus that serves state employees in the area. And I rode in the back each time, where there wasn’t much in the way of shock absorption. The first time, it was kind of invigorating, like a cheap amusement park ride. The subsequent trips, not so much. As I bounced around in my chair, getting spinal adjustments on the fly, I had flashbacks to all those similarly turbulent school bus rides I took as a kid. And this was no shortbus like the kind you would typically associate with “special” kids like me. No, this was your standard-issue school bus, complete with a driver who had lost his hearing back before the continents drifted apart and who, judging from his terrifying driving, had absolutely no regard for the welfare of his passengers.
And people wonder how I got to be so tough.
