Life as a New Yorker

Ok I know it has been forever since I last posted and it's only becuase I am busier than ever.. but I had to tell you the story of Wednesday trip to school! Same as any other day.. but I was running just about 2 minutes later than usual, but that two minutes can spell disaster when it comes to catching trains so I was already freaking out... Mind you I had looked outside and seen that it had rained overnight but it wasn't raining at the time so I was not overly concerned. As soon as I slid my Metro card and rounded the corner to walk down to where the car of my choice stops, I knew there was something terribly wrong. There were nearly a hundred people down there when on a normal day there isn't more than 25 people. I got down to the front car and ran into the girl that takes attendance for my class and we got to talking... the train came and we crammed on to a packed train which was also very odd.. but it was the only train at the time so we got on... as soon as the doors closed they announced that the final stop would be 137th street due to flooding. Once out of the station at 137th (mind you this is the heart of Harlem) I ran into two other students trying to make the 8AM warm up. It was 730 so we tried to hail a cab to no avail.. so we started walking.... and walking.. the cabs were all full...and walking the bus was out of the question because there were 50+ people at the stops and any bus that arrived was packed to the point of people's faces smashed up against the glass.... so we just kept walking.. 125th, 116th, 110th, still no cabs or buses... the humidity was ridiculous by 86th street I was drenched and was only on schedule to be 15 minutes late for my rehearsal... But upon my arrival at 61st street I was only 10 minutes late and had a fun morning walk to school... Now I understand when my parents/grandparents talked about walking so far to school.... 90 blocks about 4 miles was all though... overall it was a fun time!