A tale of two... buses?

I like to think of myself as quite an intelligent person, I passed the 11+ or Grammar School test as it's also known, I achieved good grades at GCSE and A Level and I have a 2:1 from the University of Gloucestershire in History and Sociology. Despite this I had a bit of a 'funny five minutes' this morning and as a result felt thicker than two short planks put together.

I had a Doctor's appointment at her clinic this morning, but due to car trouble - sore subject - I decided to catch the bus into cheltenham this morning. As I had a flat battery on the car (it keeps happening!!!!) I thought i'd get a gadget to sort it out myself when it breaks down instead of relying on my mum and dad, and my breakdown service, who now won't come out as it's the same problem. I plotted out my route's on the bus, one bus to town for dr's, one to halfords for gadget, then recatch same bus home and walk remainder of the way.

Before setting out I called my mum regarding arrangements for family dinner tonight, and following a chat thought I'd leave off getting the gadjet, which bus-wise would mean catching the same bus back as I caught going out.

I went to Doctors (back 2 work next week boooo!), and for some completely weird reason unbeknownst to me decided to stand at this random bus stop round the corner from the bus station- as i had convinced myself the bus went that way. I stood there for 5-10mins and a bus pulled up to drop someone off, I recognised the number and got on. The bus driver gave me a weird look and said that this was a dropping off point only, but he'd let me on (I had a pass) and then he drove round the block to the bus station where everyone except me got off and then all the new passengers got on.

The bus set off but it didn't turn off where it normally did, and then i realised what I had done. I'd got on the wrong bus the one that I'd thought about catching to Halfords but changed my mind about, and i had confused myself with the route numbers. I felt like a right idiot not only had I got on the bus in the wrong place but I was on the wrong bus in the first place! The bus does go near my house but there is a longer walk when you get off to my house, and the bus goes miles out of the way and takes longer. How thick was I?

On novelling...

Well that's another story entirely haha!

The First draft of chapter 11 was completed yesterday and chapter 12 is in the indepth planning stage, as it is a key chapter which plays an important role and goes on to set the tone for the rest of the novel. As I have said previously there will also be a death *enter stage right grim reaper*. I expect to write it either tomorrow or at the weekend due to time constraints which I hope won't affect my ability to blog.