Every morning I walk to the PATH train station, which is a nice 15-20 walk (depending on my shoes haha) and ride to the final stop at 33rd street in New York City. Then I hop on either the F or M subway and take it one stop to Byrant Park. Then it's just a short walk a few blocks over to my office building.
A few things I have come to appreciate after last week's commuting:
1. A seat on the train. I got to sit down on the train a total of 2 times. The rest of the week I had to awkwardly stand in front of people, holding on for deal life 'cause each stop is anything but graceful. When I rode the Regional Rails back in Philadelphia, I don't think I can remember a time that I didn't get a seat.
2. A pair of comfortable shoes. Walking to the train is great. I feel like I've done something good for myself even before I get to work in the morning! One day I wore a pair of shoes that had my feet/legs screaming by the time I got to the train (see point #1 as to why getting to the train did not help all that much...haha)
3. A good raincoat. On my first day of work, it poured and poured. I thought the rain coat with the hood would be best, in hopes of keeping my hair looking somewhat good despite the bad weather. BUT, this coat is not as long as my trench rain coat...so the bottom of my skirt was so wet by the time I got to the office. (Wet head or wet skirt, not sure which one would have been better, even in retrospect!) On Wednesday it rained again, so I wore the long trench coat and found myself in a much better situation!
4. A good book. By Friday I had the confidence enough to hook my arm onto the pole (again, please reference point #1) and read my book - anticipating the stops and preparing myself to not be thrown into the person sitting in front of me! :) Reading my book made the trip seem ever faster and I always enjoy getting lost in another world through the story, even if it is just for 15 minutes!
5. A good people-watching story. People are... unique. I have heard some of the most bizarre stories these past few days, and it has only been a week! One day this girl was telling a story to a man literally inches from her but was speaking at a level so loud you would have thought he was 5 cars away from her. Good God. She was so oblivious that she did not even realize the entire row of people were either shaking their heads in utter disgust of her story about why she did not get the promotion (maybe because she was the most annoying human in the world) OR they were laughing so hard at the pure shock of her being so dumb... I'm sure as time goes on, I will have many more stories of interesting people and will share those as well!
As week #2 of work begins tomorrow, I feel more at ease than I did a week ago - especially since I have the commute down pat.
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