Since I graduated college a year ago..
I have been commuting to the city
and working in the city
My dad has been my commuting buddy
Or I actually "his" commuting buddy
We get on the train together and he gets off at Newark Penn Station
Giving me a kiss on my forehead
A whispered "I love you"
And a sweet smile
And I stay on the train till New York City
It was been like that for a year...
You take for granted the time you spend together
The morning commentary
talking about the weekends' events
or the news on the radio
We would listen to music sometimes
Make jokes at each other's expense
Comment on my dad's driving
Some days we would drive in all the way to my dad's work
Where I would then have him drop me off at the path station
and I would continue on to New York
The long car rides were the best
We would talk the whole time
Laugh at each other
Laugh at him as he curses a bad driver
He cracks me up
I have always been a daddy's girl
I have cherished the time I have spent with him this past year
It's moments that the other 4 kids did not get with him
It's the moments that thinking about them make me teary eyed
I have the special bond with him every morning
The commuter bond.
We know how it is to get up at 6am Monday-Friday
We have to be out the door around 7am
Make a 7:30am train
We know how it feels when a train is late
When a train changes from express to local!
When you get on to a train just to find out it's broken down
To not find a seat on a train and have to stand
To have to sit in the awkward seat across from the bathroom (i hate that seat!)
To deal with annoying commuters who talk loud in the morning
the ones on their cell phone screaming
The babies crying
How it feels to have a power outage on the line and no access to New Jersey
Sitting in a hot train station
Waiting for a train for hours
Forgetting your in the "quiet car" and getting yelled at
We have had a lot of memories
Ones I wouldn't trade for anything
Ones that I will miss in the coming months and years
Ones that could never compete with anything else
Now, I take a new job that is not in the city
One that will change my life upside down for the time being
One where I have to drive every morning (without my daddy)
One where I will be living in a hotel for the months of July and August
One that has no train or daddy to comfort me
Last day commuting together :( my daddy and I cried
It's a big change
But, I am so excited to take on this change
excited for this new adventure!
Big changes, and great memories
But nothing
I mean NOTHING
could take the place of my commuter bond with my daddy :)
ooo and ADIOS New York!!