Hauled myself out of bed this morning at 6:45. I don't even really have anything to do today except work, and that's not until the late afternoon. The reason I woke up so uncharacteristically early was to try and get a parking spot at the big bike parking lot near the station. You need to register for a spot there, and they only accept applications on the 25th of each month, and only if there are openings. You'd think this was some exclusive country club, rather than a small stretch of blacktop with fencing around it. Applications open at 7AM, and I arrived at 7:02 according to my cell phone. There was some guy applying, and apparently he got the last spot. WTF. I suppose people were actually lined up for this? Or maybe there was only 1 opening. Either way, it was a wasted morning except for the fact that I got McDonald's breakfast.
This is why I continue to park my bike illegally. It's not that I'm unwilling to pay for bike lot use - I just can't make the ridiculously tiny window they have for applications. And yes there are other lots, but I'm not going to go that far to pay the city anymore money.
