Adventures in Greyhounding day 2

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(and yes that is supposed to be read with a Shatner/Captain Kirk voice)

We have been on the bus about 32 hours now.

In Denver we lost cranky grandma next to me. (Her even pissier daughter who was sitting 3 rows up came to get her and reached over me as if I had a case of oozing necrotizing warts or something) But at least that meant Rob got to leave coma guy and sit next to me! Yay!

We (thankfully) lost Eminem and Kim. They continued to argue and for about a half hour, we got to watch them go to the bathroom on board one after another.. And then "Kim's" speech got more and more slurred as she kept stumbling to and from the onboard port o potty.

The ticking time bomb apparently made it to his other destination. But not before he had a fit when the driver said we were running a half hour late. Then the driver decided to cut one of our breaks short (in order to make up some time) and this threw Time Bomb into another seemingly Tourettes-like fit of colorful expletives.

We moved to another bus completely in Denver where we each got to have 2 seats to ourselves to thankfully sprawl out a bit and try to sleep. On the new bus we were joined by the crazy cat people. Who are remaining remarkably silent.
Aaaaand Pigpen.

Pigpen is proving to be quite the source of entertainment on this venture! So if you remember last, he was filling up on food. At one particular truck stop, he got 3 pieces of fried chicken and 2 tamales. He's always the first one off the bus when we stop for even a few minutes.
We stupid somewhere and Rob went in the use the restroom, he saw a line and Pigpen's jacket on the floor in one of the stalls. Rob left and came back a little later to find 1 kid and 1 open stall. He asked if the kid was waiting. He said yeah but he'd wait for the next one. Rob was more than welcome to use the open stall but he suggested Rob hold his breath while he was in there.

About 9 last night we stopped for a half hour meal break. Sure as anything, when it was time to board the bus, here comes Pigpen with his plastic bag full of food. I forget sometimes that for bigger orders, McDonald's gives out plastic bags.. And this one was pretty full..

So at about 5am (after multiple short stops and a half hour break to get a new driver) the driver says we are stopping for 5 min to let someone on. It's not an off bus break.
So sure enough, the bus stops and Pigpen races to the front of the bus and tries to get off. The bus driver tells him to go back to his seat. Pigpen says that he needs to use the bathroom. Driver says there's one on the bus. Pigpen says he can't use it. 'Why not?' Pigpen says 'aneemawls' (animals) by now Rob and I are giggling.
Driver says get back in his seat and he'll check out the bathroom. Pigpen starts asking how long? He's been on this bus for 48 hours and he needs to go to the bathroom. The driver can't even answer before he's asking again about how long. Driver keeps telling him to use the one on board. What's wrong with the one on board. Pigpen's answer is still the same 'aneemawls'.. Now they're arguing back and forth. Maybe it's because we were delirious with exhaustion or you just have to be here. It's pretty funny to watch.

Now we have us a super sassy no-nonsense lady driver.. We're on pins and needles to see if pigpen tries to get into it with her. And from what I've heard, he's going all the way to Atlanta like us.

***update*** We had a blissful 5 hour layover in St. Louis with a walk around downtown and found this awesome tap room. We got to have a couple beers and walk in the sun. It was a good day! Oh and with that being said, we did not reconnect with any of our 'characters' from earlier..