Serendipity

On my way to the PATH station, I passed a neighbor of mine. She was out with her car and another neighbor, practically begging people to let her drive them into the city. She needed her car after work today, but you can't get onto the island below 96th St without at least four people in the car. So I said, "Sure" and jumped in. We managed to flag down someone else a few minutes later, and off we drove. There was laughing and glee as the guy in front of us at the tunnel got sent back by the police, but they just waved us on in. It was surprisingly light traffic (the reports have been that everything's been backed up horribly for the last day or two). We figured that a lot of people are just taking off early for Christmas. We passed under the Brooklyn Bridge and watched the poor souls trudging across. She dropped us off at 42nd, much closer to my office than walking all the way from 33rd St. I got in half an hour early. And met a couple of very nice people from my block.