Commute

I sometimes wonder whether my life became more insane after I had Ev.  I can't tell you but there is always somethings going on.  Yesterday, after walking 20 minutes to F train, I realized that I left my unlimited metro card in my jacket AT HOME.  The metro card I just bought a day ahead.  Can you imaging how upsetting I was?  Then the elevator at the F station was out of service which means that I have to fold the stroller and carry it on my one hand and hold Ev's hand on my other hand.  Then got on the escalator to go down 3 levels.  Then I had to put Ev in the stroller by the time I get down to the platform which was not easy because once Ev is out of the stroller, he does not want to get back to the stroller.  Mind you that I was up at 5:00 a.m.  By the time, we got to the day care.  I was exhausted.  Did I tell you that the commute one way to day care is about 45 minutes on the good day. 

Then I had to get on the bus to come back to the apartment ( in case you don't know NYC subway system, you get to transfer to another form of transportation for free, in this case, I took the subway down, then I can take bus up for free) to pick up my unlimited metro card.  I thought about how nuts my life is, I decided to buy a big egg ham sandwich and a big cup of coffee.  And that was what I had on my 45 minutes bus ride back to the apartment.

By the time I got to my pottery studio, it was already 11:30 a.m.  But I was glad to see my pottery mates there. Someone asked me once how I balance my life.  I don't.  There is no such thing.  For the amount of time I commute everyday between Ev's day care (Chinatown), my pottery studio (Long Island City), and the apartment (UES),  I can barely think nowadays.  I wish I can find a daycare near my apartment that resemble French style (from Bring Up Bebe). 

But for now,  when I pick up Ev in the afternoon from the daycare and see his smiling face, I know that I am a very happy mother (albeit sometimes insane! or a lot of time.)  Have a good weekend.  We are off to Spain now! 

PS. I took this picture on the way home from Ev's day care and this woman in custom makes me laugh.