Stupid bus drivers...

My elbow really hurts right now.

It's been raining throughout the day today and my the steps were pretty slick on the bus home from class tonight. There was a new bus driver (didn't quite have the chops of the rest of the drivers) but she figured out a great way to get back at the riders. I was making my way down the steps from the top of the double-decker as we were approaching my stop and the driver decided to play some jokes. She stepped on the brakes, pretty hard, several times... and I managed to slip down three or four steps until I slammed into the front wall of the stairwell.

After bouncing off the wall (with all the force into my left elbow), I bounced down one more step into the main aisle of the bus to see lots of old German women staring at me like I was an idiot. I played it off with a short Berlin-style laugh and walked to the exit door.

I think I did a good job masking my pain but damn it hurts now!