How did I get here?

Today= time-travelling.
(accidental)

Didn't sleep very well last night and was supremely groggy this morning.
Woke up later than usual, ate breakfast dazedly, left the apartment in a tizzy, ready for school, albiet looking very rumpled.

Boarded the metro and sat beside a fellow university student, Maria Jesu.
Promptly fell asleep, listening to the IPod my wonderful sister Michelle just sent through the mail (Thanks again, sis! And thanks, Chilean Customs, for not confiscating it/marking the package contraband).

Continued to sleep blissfully for at least forty minutes.
Maria Jesu got off at our stop, Republica.
Vaguely recall her motioning for me to disembark from the metro, but at that point, walking around was not on my agenda.
Apparently I had a sleep cycle to cycle through.

Metro stops came and went, and still I slept, head lolling languidly, spittle creeping from one corner of my mouth.
Awoke with a start, finally.
The stop looked unfamiliar and uninviting.
Scurried off the metro, convinced I had traveled through time and space, worm-hole action, something strange.

How did I get here?
Too bad I wasn't listening to Talking Heads.

Approximately 8:45 a.m.
Crossed the bridge to the other side of the tracks, greeted by the faces of at least a hundred disgruntled, nattily-dressed businessmen, waiting to board.
My bandana-ed head/backpack combo stuck out sorely.
Metro came and went, each car impossibly full.

So, of course, the business bros tried out some contortionism, willing their bodies to squeeze in there.

Watched metro attendants shoehorn more people into each car.
Legs and arms dangling freely out the squealing doors.
Boarded after four unsuccessful attempts, now fully awake and fully aware of the life being squeezed out of me by the crushing wall of bodies.

Whew.
Arrived at the correct stop.
Walked to school, thankful for the fresh air and the room to swing my arms, if I so pleased.

Metro-riders, have vigilence. This could happen to you. One minute you are dozing, the next minute, the conductor forces the metro into hyper-drive, and you find yourself in a strange land where people will risk life and limb to get to work on time.

That is why I always leave my apartment a little early.
Gotta allow room for sci-fi situations.
You just never know...