Sometimes things just go right...

Prague is introducing the "Open Card". This will be the new method used for the public transit system. You can also use it for paid parking and the library and in theory they will add more things to it over time. Since we don't have a car the parking doesn't matter to me and I don't go to the library here either but I do use the transit system every day so I new we needed to figure out what we were suppose to do to get the new Open Card. We had an added incentive to get it this month since they were offering a discount on the yearly transit ticket if you bought it during the month of September. Jason and I met up last week and went to the Open Card office and completed the application for the card. We were told it would take 10 days for it to be processed and sent to us via the mail. We were a little disappointed since that meant we would not be able to buy the transit ticket by the end of the month since you have to physically have the Open Card for the transit people to apply the yearly ticket to your card. Well, today I was surprised to see a note in my mailbox that I had two certified letters to pick up at the post office. I figured they had to be the open cards since who else would send us a certified letter? I went to the post office to pick them up but was told they were still out with the post lady and I could come back after three o' clock. I figured no big deal since I wouldn't be able to do anything with them before that time. On our way back home the post lady stopped me and asked me my name. I was a bit surprised since we were a few blocks away from our apartment but I guess we have a very recognizable dog. She pulled out the letters for me and had me sign them. I couldn't believe my luck! I was so happy not to have to go back to the post office. Jason ended up coming home early today since he had to pick up Ali from school. I didn't want to wake Sofia up to make the trip to get Ali since she wasn't feeling well. After he got home we decided I would head into town to try and get our yearly passes for the transit system since that way Jason could still do work from home. I brought both of our cards but had little hope that they would allow me to buy yearly tickets for both. I also brought my book with me since I thought I would be standing in line for hours. I dressed warmly as well since I thought it would be chilly in the metro station. I decided to check the one place not in a metro station to buy our tickets and I lucked out! It was in a nice clean warm building and I only had to wait 15 minutes and they let me purchase passes for me and Jason! It was just a whirlwind of success. Sometimes things just work out much better than expected.