commuting in the midst of transit strike

I had to go into Manhattan this morning because I had two therapy groups to run. I'd rather not commute during the strike, but I had no choice. The commute was not as bad as expected. The line at the LIRR wasn't too bad, either. But I was not too happy waiting for a train on the platform for an hour...the first train was too packed to get on. Anyway, other than that, it was kinda fun fighting the crowd and walking in Manhattan.

In the evening, I met up with M in Penn Station area. It was a good way to avoide the commuting crowd at Penn Station. We went to a restaurant/bar to have some appetizer and drinks. It was a good time, just hanging out to have some drinks.

By the way, I saw something crazy on PATH train. This guy who was sitting right next to me took out a huge bottle of vodka and orange juice and made screw driver right in front of my eyes...on a train...in the middle of day! It was crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!