WOW it is November; which means I've been in NYC for one, two, three, four, FIVE months now!
In just five months the days shortened, temperatures dropped below my California threshold for chilly, and New York grew less scary...or maybe I've grown more comfortable here.
Apparently, no matter how comfy I get in the city according to one of my students I'll still stick out...
Student #1: Miss, did you know you don't look like a New Yorker? You don't walk like a New Yorker, either.
Student #2: What do you mean? Look at her, she'd fit in downtown.
Student #1: Noooo. You know why you don't look like a New Yorker, Miss?
Miss A: Why's that?
Student #1: You're too calm. Didn't you know we all move fast around here? And, we're all angry up here, too Miss. You're too nice.
Miss A: [smiles]
You best believe that I'm a Californian at heart.
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