Garrulous

Word of the Day Saturday, March 20, 2010

garrulous

\GAIR-uh-lus; GAIR-yuh-\ , adjective;

1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative.
2. Wordy.

I flashed by my bus pass at the driver and squeezed my way towards the back of the bus. The last row was empty so I slid into the seat by the window and flipped open my day planner. With my head buried in my to-do lists and back-yard sketches I barely noticed the man on the other side of the back row.

Ok, this isn't true. I did notice his jaunty news-boy cap.

"I'm on hold."

I look up at him and he points towards his cellphone.

"Ah," I replied, turning back toward my notebook.

"With the airlines. I got someone who doesn't speak English and she is very hard to understand," he went on.

"Yeah, especially in the back of the bus with the noisy engine," I said looking back up from my notebook, inwardly sighing.

"Yeah, I told her my flight info and she asked if I was taking Amtrak," he said raising one eyebrow dubiously.

"Ah," I said again nodding empathetically, but feeling resentful about running into Mr. Garrgulous on the bus. I only get so much time in my life, and I would never willingly engage in idle airplane chitchat with a bus stranger when I could remain caught up in my own daydreams.

Thankfully, he stands up and makes his way to the front of the bus to let the driver know his stop is coming up.

I settle back into the last couple minutes of my ride with sketches of my dream garden floating in my head.