It was time for an adventure, so I took the train into town rather than fight traffic and spend $35 on parking...
It was gritty as I'd expected, some parts smelled better, some parts smelled worse... but the worse was on par with Vancouver so nothing entirely new
An unexpected highlight was two grubby little kids unceremoniously plopping down next to me, the little guy had bonked his head on the way in and his sister was successfully distracting him into beautiful belly giggles, he kept glancing at me shyly sideways and smiling and it was adorable.
I think the funniest part was the big dude who stepped up behind me and asked in a conspirital manner "who made your being" or something like that and when I asked "what's that?" He asked "how does the sea taste" I dryly answered spectacular... and before I'd finished my scrunched up skeptical face he was *gone.
Without further ado I managed to make it on the correct train home, I feel slightly nauseous from the pulsing stop and go which this head congestion didn't help with AT ALL, and I feel like I should probably bathe in hand sanatizer, but I think overall my adventure was a success.
I made it downtown in time to pick up my passport, the train isn't quite as scary as it was before, and I had some alone time, and was able to step back and look at things and reevaluate just how lucky I've been with the choices I've made thus far.
