11:46 pm 09/08/09
So here I am sitting on the Lakeshore #48 straight-bound from South Bend, IN to Penn Station; Island of Manhattan, City of New York. I have 18 hours and 55 minutes to figure out what I am really doing... I believe I am making a change for the better. I feel a call to do more than just sing Happy Birthday and bring Pepsi refills. That isn't to say I didn't genuinely enjoy my job. I like making people happy at the end of a long day and being a part, however small, in their big moments. I am just ready for MORE!
I want to do BIG things, see BIG places and make a positive change for The Kingdom. I feel called to help those who hurt; I just don't know how yet. I trust the Lord to guide me and show me the plans He has for me.
... I seem to have thoroughly lucked out on this trip- NO SEAT MATE! There is a pretty cool fella sitting across the aisle from me. His name's Bill and he worked for the city of NY in youth and social services for 20+ years. He has some great ideas about places to apply and programs to look into. What a God-thing!
... I spoke too soon! As soon as I finished writing about my lack of seat mate, I made the mistake of asking a blind man who was fumbling to open the train door if he needed help finding the button clearly marked 'Press to Open.' Turns out he is most certainly NOT visually impaired, just blind-drunk. He then proceeded to fall into the seat next to me in all his smelly-drooly drunk wonder and pass out. Brilliant. My Midwest manners prohibited me from complaining. Luckily, Bill, my aisle mate has a little more New Yorker in him and promptly got the conductor to remove Drunk Fella from my personal space before he chucked up all over me. Guess I need to toughen up a bit before the Big Apple bites me.
... I told everyone that I was taking the train because I wanted to really see more of the country- leave it to me to pick the only seat in the entire car with no window! However, if I sit tilted towards the wall and crane my neck just right I can see a 6" span of America. We have already passed all our long stops' Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany and are in the home-stretch barreling towards Manhattan. I am amazed all this diverse landscape can be part of the same state. I am passing through sheer walled cliffs of rock and huge sprawling hilly areas covered in trees. Replace the rock with sand and it almost feels lime Michigan. The homes here are breathtaking too- designed to fit in and reflect the nature surrounding them. I dont honestly know what I was expecting from Upstate New York, but this is exceptional.
... 6:05pm, 09/09/09
Okay, so I am sitting in Penn Station- we are 30 minutes early and are now stuck on the tracks because we arent supposed to be here yet. There's a line of trains ahead of us that get first dibs on the platforms. All I want is a hot shower, a bed and a hug from my friend who is meeting me at the station... Can't wait to see him!!!
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