Timely Transportation

My boss announced this afternoon that we could leave by 3 today! I was hoping to get home early to start the new D&D campaign set in the Eberron universe with my friend's online today. We use the aol chat client because they have the d20 built right in! I e-mailed my friends and told them I would be home by 4.

Too bad that never happened.

On the bus today, I thought it was my lucky day. I was able to get a double seat all to myself, and it was almost completely empty when I got on. Too bad after 2 stops, the wheelchair lift broke when trying to lift a woman in a wheelchair in and we spent the next hour and a half waiting for someone to come out and fix it. I asked why couldn't she just take the next bus, but apparently this is the only one equipped for handicapped people.

So I was stuck there, at the light, and by the time I logged online, they had picked another person to be Dungeon Master. This is the first time in the past 4 years I haven't led the campaign. To make things worse, they wouldn't even let me play because I came in late. Now I am stuck as a level 1 dark elf warrior with no experience and no loot.

God, all week I waited for this and nothing.