Morning Metro Madness

Have you ever had one of those experiences that you're not exactly sure what to make of? It could be a random occurrence, it could be a sign from the universe but really it's just some totally bizarre thing that you have to replay a hundred times before you can even begin to explain it to anyone. Truthfully it happens to me more than I'd like to admit. Bizarre things sometimes just seem to find me, what can I say, it must be a gift. Anyway, last Friday I was heading to a morning meeting (not in my office) and was slightly preoccupied making sure I knew where to go - you know, the whole change trains, walk a few blocks, navigate a college campus to find the right building, hope you don't get lost and actually arrive on time kind of stuff. As I was switching trains to the Red Line I sort of half noticed this disheveled, slightly odd, mid 40s guy sitting on the train. I didn't pay much attention to him distracted as I was by my own thoughts (at this point I had moved on to thinking about all the things I still had to do once I finally made it into the office in the afternoon) but a few stops later he came and sat next to me. With him sitting only one seat away I couldn't help but notice all the things about him. The greasy, messed up hair, healing black eye, eau de stale alcohol; hard to ignore. I think most people would say that I am a nice and friendly person, perhaps a little crazy & opinionated, but generally nice. So when people smile at me I smile back, if they say hi, I say hi. If they ask me a question I generally answer them. That is how I get myself into conversations like the following one:

Weird Creepy Guy: Hi
Jo: Hi (with skeptical look)
Weird Creey Guy: So is my hair all messed up?
Jo: Yeah, kinda
Weird Creepy Guy: What's your name?
Jo: Jo (with another skeptical look)
Weird Creepy Guy: Do you believe in God Jo?
Jo: I do.
Weird Creepy Guy: Good. Are you a Christian?
Jo: Yep. I am actually (getting a little weirded out now)
Weird Creepy Guy: Do read the bible Jo?
Jo: I have on occasion yes (as I look out the window to see how much further to my stop)
Weird Creepy Guy: I read once in 2 Corinthians about this man that went to the third level of Heaven and then came back down to Earth...
Jo: That's great! Well this is my stop (jumping up and going to the door)
Weird Creepy Guy (shouting): Have a nice day Jo! Don't forget about God!!

As I stepped off the train I thought what the hell was that. It's the kind of metro experience usually reserved for NYC or Chicago... not DC. There aren't typically a lot of crazies on the trains at 8:30am.... well ok not a lot of OBVIOUS crazies.... In the two and a half years I have lived here I have never heard a story about a truly crazy metro encounter - a few disgusting ones yes - but never just straight up crazy. Leave it to me to be the first. Walking away from the train and down the stairs to the exit a few people give me some strange looks and one woman actually breaks out laughing saying "Thank God you were getting off here. I had no idea what he was going to say to you next". So my question is this - is this really a random crazy encounter that is just a random crazy encounter or is it something more? The slightly lapsed Christian in me (who truthfully has been looking for something to push her back to the church) thinks perhaps this is a sign that is telling me it's time again. So I think to myself I should find a new church and go to mass on Sunday morning... Sunday morning arrives, I wake up at 7:30am (mass is at 9:00), I roll over - look at the clock. Turn it off and go back to sleep. There's always next week....