Quand la journee demarre mal/When the day doesn't start right (En/Fr)

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Top of a Building next to Bank of America, Market and 2d., San Francisco

Y a des jours, vaut mieux rester au lit! Comme aujourd'hui, par exemple. Ayant assez mal dormi la nuit derniere, je me suis réveillée en retard. En courant pour rattraper mon retard, je perds(?) dans le BART (train) mon petit porte-feuille contenant les cartes de train que je venais juste d'acheter hier soir pour le mois entier, les cartes de café que j'utilise chaque jour, etc. Cout du trajet ce matin: seulement ... 120 dollars! Quand on rajoute le prix du lunch dans le quartier des bureaux de San Francisco (jamais donné!), un autre carte de train pour pouvoir rentrer chez moi, l'essence... on se demande: à quoi ça sert d'avoir été bosser, hein? Heureusement il n'y avait rien de trop important ou irremplaçable dans le portefeuille. Ca aurait pu etre pire, je suppose. Quand meme, y'a des jours, franchement ...

(Au fait, j'espere que nos amis Americains pourront nous dire le nom du batiment pris en photo et peut-etre meme un peu son histoire?)


Some days you're just better off staying in bed! Like today, for instance. Since I didn't sleep very well last night, I woke up late. I tried to make up for lost time by running all the way to work, but then I lost (?) my wallet in BART (the train) going to work, containing the monthly pass I had just purchased yesterday, the coffee cards I use on a daily basis, etc. Cost of my commute this morning? A mere ... $120. Add to that the cost of lunch in the SF Financial District, another train card to replace the one I just lost, gas for the car ... what was the point of going to work today, I wonder? Fortunately, there wasn't anything too important or irreplaceable in that wallet. I guess it could have been worse. Some days are like that, I guess.

(By the way, I trust that some of our American buddies might be able to tell us the name of that building on the picture, or even its story?)