The Metro

I live in Washington, DC. There is great public transportation here. For those of you who are not familiar, it is called the Metro. Since I have a car in DC, I would not need to use the Metro. Yet, I use it. I use it because 1) it is part of living in DC and I think I am learning about my context 2) I don't like driving in the traffic, let alone trying to parallel park in this city 3) it is environmentally friendly. So, for the past month I have been purchasing paper Metro passes when I go to use the Metro. Sometimes there is a balance left on the card for me to use the next time I ride the Metro. However, on two occasions I have accidentally washed my Metro pass and consequently lost the balance that was on my Metro pass. This happened for the second time on Friday and I realized it on Saturday when I was putting away my clean laundry. I decided that I would not buy another paper Metro pass. So, today I went and got my SmarTrip. It is a plastic card, much like a credit card/gift card that I can add money to in order to use the Metro. Now, it is still possible to wash this Metro card, but I will not lose my balance. Thanks be to God for giving humans the ability to conceive such wonderful inventions!