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| I've lived in NYC for the past 4 years and now I'm moving to DC. It seems that moving is the one constant of my 20s. In this decade, I've moved from Virginia to SF to NYC and now to DC.
When I left San Francisco, I always thought I'd come back. I loved living out there. In many ways, I grew up and matured a lot during my years in the Bay Area. There will always be a place in my heart for San Francisco and I'll always remember the time I lived there. But now, I don't think I'll ever make it back there.
So now I know that there are no guarantees in life. I'd like to come back to NYC, but I said the same thing about SF. Who knows if I'll end up back here or if I'll stay in DC or even Chicago, Texas, Miami or Seattle. There's just no guarantee of anything.
I tried to see as many people and do as many things New York as I could last weekend. Even then, I took a few moments and sat in my favorite little quiet part of midtown, Worldwide Plaza, where I've spent many hours the past few years reading, relaxing and people watching. I reminisced about my time in NYC. I actually shed a few tears behind the sunglasses. I'll miss this city.
But now its on to DC and a new adventure awaits.
You have to enjoy life as it comes because there's no guarantee of what tomorrow will bring.
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| Maybe my luck's changing. I left the apartment a couple minutes late this morning and resigned myself to the fact that I wouldn't make my connecting train, so I didn't rush. As I was walking down to the stairs to the first trian, the doors were closing. However, I was stuck behind this woman who was not in any rush, so she moseyed down the stairs. By the time I got down, the doors were closed, but by chance, the conductor opened the doors again and let me and a couple more people in.
The train stopped on the bridge to drop off the guy again, like the other day. However, it pulled into the station a little earlier than the other day, so this time I caught the train that I was resigned to missing.
Maybe my luck's turning a little.
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| Don't you just hate it when you just miss the train? The other day, I was connecting from one train to another. I thought I was about 2 minutes late for the connecting train. However, as I went around the corner, I saw the train. The doors were just closing. I missed by about 30 seconds. I would've made it if the first train didn't take an unscheduled 1 minute stop to drop a worker off on a bridge. That 1 minute stop cost me 20 minutes until the next train came. Plus that train was delayed on the way which made me about 30 minutes late for work.
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| I thought things were looking up a little bit when one morning, I got a free ride on the train.
Then that afternoon, it was raining, so I decided to that the "free" bus to the train station. Turns out, that bus wasn't free at all, contrary to what I'd been told. It costs $1.25. I didn't have any quarters on me, so I negotiated with the driver to let me pay a buck.
The next morning, there was a medical emergency on the train, so it was delayed about an hour sitting at the station. I had to call into work to say I'd be late.
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