Messy Messy Monday

It was last Monday. I came to the twin cities to take an actuary test. The test was on the afternoon, at least I thought so. I bought an 8:00 greyhound ticket from Duluth to St. Paul.

Since I just moved into a new place, I was tired unpacking and slept soundly the day before. I did not hear the alarm. It was around 7:30 that I wake up. I was not sure how many ID cards needed for the test. So I searched for my passport vainly for 10 minutes. Time's run out. I stopped searching and rushed out and drove speedily to the greyhound station.

It was 7:55 that I boarded the bus which was ready to go. 'Hi W~!' Surprisingly Ms. C was on the same bus. I sat beside her and began to check my stuffs. "No calculator? Oh I forgot it at home ... No cell phone? I just saw it... must be in the car." I ran to my car and was back with the cellphone within 1 minute. If I knew what would happen in the day, I would not bother to fetch the cellphone at that moment.

In the St Paul bus station, I got lost. From the info I got from the web before, the bus station should not be there. It should be 2 blocks away from the test center. (Later I checked the address, and the guard told me long long ago, that is, 5 or 7 years ago, the station moved.) Obviously the greyhound website has not updated for quite a long time. Luckily some kind staff in McDonald told me a bus can take me there.

I got off the bus and found I lost my cellphone in the bus. The only number I could remember was my own number, so I called it. I was so happy that the bus driver answered the phone. She told me to go back to the stop after 2 hours and I got it back.

Then I went to the test center. The guard was puzzled since he did not know there's any tests going on on that day. I called the number of the test center and the staff was off office. Then I called CSA and got the answer that the test should be on Wednesday. Oh Snap!

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This Monday Ms. W and Ms. C met in the twin cities again, in another SAS test center. Ms. C passed the test. Congratulations! Ms. W failed. Cheers!