Madness!

By: Gabriela Yareliz

The more I see of this city, it still amazes me that we humans are willing to live in certain conditions…especially when other places have a lower cost of living and better lifestyles to offer. Like, there are places where you don’t pay $7 for a loaf of bread and $12 for a regular jug of Tropicana (no joke… true story); places where the sun shines, and you can live in a place with space that doesn’t look like a dungeon. Let’s just say I feel lucky to live where I live in the city. Manhattan, the island of rich people. New York City is quite deceiving; the glitter and glamour is not for all–only those who can afford it or can pretend to afford it– anyway, enough with my New York sentiments. It is just hard to be in this gray city watching people around you either living in their own world or simply trying to make it.

Today, I saw a guy reverse down 5th Ave in a silver BMW. Another guy crossing 5th Ave., with a stroller, dropped his baby’s toy and is on his cell phone (FOLLOW THIS SEQUENCE), and he lets go of the stroller to pick up the toy while the stroller rolled away (with the baby in it, mind you); he then ran after it. Another guy cursing out a woman on his phone. Amazing.

Oh, the madness.

I loved my time in Florida. It was a time of family. I miss them very much. Moments with family can be so random, funny and wonderful. There is nothing like family.

Sigh… classes start up again soon. Thank God first semester went fantastically. Praise Jesus! Spring is on the way, Valentine’s Day will be romancing us before we know it…I hope that soon an end to what seems like an endless stretch of gloominess in this city will end.

I flew back into the city, got my room ready for the new semester; the new routine.

I wish you all a good night my lovely friends. Thank you for your amazing readership this past year. Thank you for caring about the things I care about even slightly, and for taking the time to read what I write.
Sending my love …