Morning # 2
8:45 am still feels like 4 am to me.
This morning I took the subway all by myself! For those of you that decide to come visit your favorite New Yorker (ehem), hopstop.com is pretty amazing. It tells you where to get on and what stop to get off no matter where you are going…the only thing it doesn’t do, is tell you whether or not to go left or right upon exiting a subway. I quickly learned, that you just pick one way and go with it. You look for anything that says Exit, and you commit. Even if halfway up the stairs there is an oversized insane person screaming at the top of their lungs, you keep climbing. You never stop mid-step…ever.
Which brings me to a very significant email I received from my sister (ok sis-in-law). I mentioned to her that I used her map yesterday, but the most difficult thing about it, was finding somewhere to pull over. Even on foot. She responded with three great points:
1. Don’t just stop in the middle of the sidewalk.
2. When you come up from the subway, don’t stop at the top of the stairs to see which way you should go.
3. You do not have to say “excuse me” every time you bump shoulders with someone.
Although obvious to most, stopping/pausing/thinking/questioning/hesitating is a luxury here. Even if you are moving in the complete wrong direction, don’t stop. (I could make a cheesy analogy here but I won’t).
