-downtown Charleston, SC (If you aren’t from Charleston, the streets are narrow and always crowded)
-rainy afternoon
- 35,000 people converging on the city
- no where to park
-rush hour traffic
Well, now that you have that nice picture in your head, that was me yesterday downtown Charleston attempting to pick up my sister’s race packet for the Cooper River Bridge Run, Oh and by the way, she’s not even coming to race, she wanted the T-shirt! So, see what you don’t know about this situation is one, I absolutely hate driving downtown because of all the traffic and two, which is even worse the impossibility of finding a parking place for free. Anyways, since I am always the nice sister, I went down there amongst all the tourists to get this packet, and when I get down there I realize that I have no clue where this place is actually located. So, I call this girl that I work with and she has to look it up on Map Quest. So, she gets me there and the silver lining in all of this is I do find a parking spot in a bakery across the street. That really was a miracle!! So, I park, get out and walk over to the auditorium where I need to get this packet. (Side note: I have never participated in this race so I have no clue what to do, and my sister tells me I just need her address to pick it up.. little did she know.) I walk in the door and have no clue where to go to get this packet, vendors start handing me all these papers that I have no need and finally there is a sign for Chip pickup. I have to go up the stairs find her name on the long long list to get her number. After I find the number, I must walk to the other side of the building to pick up the chip packet, keep in mind she isn’t racing or even coming. Finally, this leads to back down the stairs to the stage where I wait in this long line to get this long awaited packet. So, I get it and head back to the car and then get stuck in rush hour traffic on the interstate on the way back home!!
Well Meredith, I hope you enjoy your T-shirt!!
