The Commute
Before I started commuting to school I thought it would be easy. Two trains and then I’m there. I’ll have plenty of time to do work on the train and I get to be in the city.
I soon realized it’s not so easy.
First of all, the trains are really crowded. Did you know being able to sit on a train is a luxury? Before I started school at Baruch I rarely went into the city during rush hour and it is very, very different.
And then there’s the walk. I don’t like long walks. Now I walk about two miles a day. Yay.
Strangely enough, I find that I actually prefer to walk over taking the subway. I’m not really sure why, but yay for exercise and saving money. When it starts to snow… well I’ll probably change my mind.
Another obstacle in my commute is the train arriving late. I knew would happen sometimes but I didn’t think it would happen often. Well it happens almost every Tuesday and I get anxious about being late. I walk with my friend on Tuesdays and we’ve had to rush a couple times already. It might be faster to take the subway but once we made it to the school in about fifteen minutes. It was quite the accomplishment since it’s more of a twenty minutes walk, but it was not a fun time.
A lot of times I neglect the little things, but commuting has begun to make me see that they do matter. Wednesdays and are the best days of the week. Why? Well, I don’t have to rush getting to Penn Station and the train is empty when I get there and it’s amazing. It doesn’t seem amazing, I know, but just these occurrences make those days so much better. I’ll probably continue to complain about commuting and the new situations I’m getting used to, but at the end of the day it’s not that bad.
