#8 - Use transit for an entire day and give my car a day off.

You didn't think it would happen, did ya? Well - surprise! It happened! My car finally got a day off from having to cater to my needs and instead I opted to use transit. Quite frankly, I didn't mind and if anything, it was a good day.

The roomie and I headed towards downtown in search of some great used books at Russell Books. That store is heaven and if I had the option - and the money - I would buy every book they have in stock. Unfortunately, my budget was limited, and so I purchased The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, and The Kite Runner by the same author.

After reducing my selection of 6 book down to three, we grabbed the #11 bus and headed to UVic. Now, you're probably wondering why the heck I was headed towards campus when I was dying to get away from campus for at least two months? Well, I had to activate my student card so I could get on the bus for free. But the nice thing about UVic is that the campus is so beautiful during the summer days, and the roomie and I decided that the campus would be a perfect location for our picnic and to do some reading.

After a couple of hours on campus, we headed back home, where we just crashed from being so tired. All in all, using transit was actually fun and for once I could enjoy the scenery without having to pay attention to the road. Tomorrow is another day of transit use as I'll be heading back to the campus to sell my books.

.... And you thought I wouldn't try transit for a day! Sheesh!

Lady S.