Amy

Employment

Ride to Preschool

School year 2006-2007 I drove my daughter from my home near the LIRR station in Bay Shore, LI (across from Fire Island) all the way to Garden City (central Nassau), heading west toward the city in the height of rush hour, for preschool four mornings a week. Crazy, I know, but Grandma teaches there and has for almost 30 years. It took us at least an hour. Most days were horribly stressful, rolling to school, stuck behind accidents, dodging aggressive drivers, white knuckling it through total chaos. She was late a few times even when we started leaving home extra early and once missed school entirely because of traffic. Now I drive my son there four mornings a week. Same distance, direction and time of the morning. It takes us only about a half hour now. We get there early. The ride is pleasant. I can listen to NPR and not honking. Good for me, but where did everybody go?

Bay Shore LIRR, Railroad Plaza @ Park Avenue & Oak Street, Bay Shore NY 11706, Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 420 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530