Car Pool Log: 2006 08-23

Again, there was a long wait for a car. The women in between me were anxious, shifty. The woman in front of me (who happened to be the woman behind me yesterday) rolled her eyes and checked her watch. When a car finally pulled up they took it upon themselves to coordinate whether or not the driver was to take an extra passenger.

Silver Volvo SUV, black leather interiors. Second Passenger was the anxious woman from yesterday and today. A booster seat in the back with a children’s book entitled Heather The Violet Fairy. Underneath the book was MapQuest directions on how to get to an address on Stockton Street. A worn leather bag behind Driver’s seat. A number 2 pencil at a 45 degree angle sticking out of the pouch on the back of the passenger’s seat. Underneath that seat was a pair of light material shorts, yellow plaid with a daisy printed material as trim. A plastic top and a small blue opaque bag holding colorful beads in the pocket of the armrest. Leaf debris on the floor. Second Passenger continued to read her paperback.

KALW, NPR radio San Francisco.