Horrible commute!

Yup, I know gazilions of people who live in New England will be bickering about this today on their blog. But honestly, though I certainly did not have it the worst, I can't help with the bickering.
So, yesterday I left my work earlier, thinking "what a marvelous idea, I get to beat this crazy weather and get home before the worst of it starts". Ha! Little did I know about it. I was at Ruggles at 1:45 waiting patiently for the 2 pm commuter rail to Providence. Mind you, it was a mob scene on the platform, but I was not too worried since I have taken the 2:00 pm train before and it's mostly empty. Goodness, at 2:08 the train came by, and never stoped at Ruggles because it was too full! Of course there were no announcements about it so myself along 200 other people were left to wonder what has happened! Luckily one woman told us that her husband was on the train that just passed and that indeed it was our train, but that the conductor or whomever made the decision not to stop because it was too full!
The next train was not schedule until 4 pm and by this time MBTA started announcing that all trains are running 30 minutes late!
Long story short... I waited there for over 3 hours, in a freezing wind and snow (there is no "in side" at Ruggles and no heat) and then was told that the next train might not even stop there either because it was too full. Luckily there were plenty of angry people who started yelling at the MBTA employee and somehow the train came and stopped. Getting in was another story, but let's say that the 2 men that were standing next to me (between the cars) got to know me a lot better than I would have liked. But at least I was better of than the 500 people from South Station that were not allowed to get on!

By the time I got to Attleboro I could not feel anything, I barely made it up the hill (if you have been over you know our house is up a small hill) without breaking my neck and started crying of frustration, cold and everything else the second I enter the house. My husband had to take my clothes off since I was not able to even move!

Needless to say, it was horrible, but even so I at least made it home. My sister in law had to sleep at a friend's house after 5 hours in traffic and it took my brother in law 7 and a half hours to get home (a full day of work)

If you worked in Boston yesterday, I am sure you have your own horror stories. All I can say is "I HEAR YOU!"
To a better commute today!