story about a graduate student

This is a story about a graduate student living in Queens. She was working diligently in her lab yesterday afternoon and didn't get a chance to eat lunch untill 5pm. Then, she decided to go get something to eat before her class starts at 8pm. But then, she realized that she only has $1. She could go to the bank right across the street to get some money, but it was raining hard, so she decided not to. Instead, she went to a vending machine to get some Sun Chips. However, the bag of chips got stuck in the machine! She kicked and punched the machine but the chips didn't come out. So, she ended up with an empty stomach and 25 cents. She was tempted to skip a class and to go home to have a warm meal. But she was a good student and decided to go to her class. When the class was over at 10pm, it was still raining heavily in NYC. She rushed to the subway station but she couldn't walk as fast because she had flip-flops on and she would have slipped and fell if she tried to walk fast. Soaking wet, she made it to the subway station! But her bad luck didn't end there. Due to the heavy rain, her train did not have service to Queens. Her train stopped at 59th street! Then, she had to manuver around on the subway system to find a way home. Luckly, 7 train had service to Queens! Yay! She took the 7 train to 69th St-Woodside and made it back to Queens. However, the train station was 10+ minute walk from her house. Only if she had money, she could have gotten something to eat and could have taken a cab home. With her empty stomach, she had to walk in a heavy rain. Finally, she made it to her house and had some food and slept on a comfy bed! The End.

I cut and pasted this story from an e-mail I sent to my friend about a month ago. Good story, isn't it? Of course, this grad student that I described in the story was me...

I'm studying for language and thought midterm. Although I only have little over 24 hours before the exam, I'm not too scared. This is bad! Whenever I feel relaxed about an exam, I usually do pretty bad. Maybe going to the TA session tonight will make me scared about the exam.

It's always hard to decide what to eat for lunch or dinner in Union Square area. There are so many places to eat (unlike Athens, OH), but all these places are soooo expensive. To me, expensive means over $5/meal, so it's almost impossible to find anything to eat! I've been going to Wendy's and Subway (they have $2.49 daily special for 6-inch sub) quite a bit. But I'm getting sick of eating fastfood. I want to eat warm and healthy stuff. :-( A cup of soup is $3 or more in this area. I definitely miss $1.25 (can't remember exact price) soup at Grover Center at OU.

Oh, speaking of OH, I'm excited about visiting Ohio this weekend! I didn't think I would be making this many trips to Ohio after moving to an exciting place like NYC...but hey, people are nicer in Ohio! :)