Change of weather, change of habits...

Every morning, I arrive at the corner store located at Lorimer Street and Richardson Street. It's about two blocks away from my school, which is why a lot of kids buy their breakfast from there or just hang out in front of the store until school starts at 7:55. The name of the store is 5-11, which is probably supposed to be a play on the convenience store 7-11, except that the corner store is not open that early or closes that late. I'm surprised that that 7-11 hasn't filed a lawsuit over the name of the store.

I've noticed a few things: I get to the store roughly between 6:55 and 7:05 in the morning, and every day I get there, the sun is rising later and it's getting colder. It was 49 degrees yesterday, but it was 60 degrees this morning. This doesn't mean that winter will be delayed because yesterday it was 49 degrees at 7 in the morning and 60 degrees at 7:00 today. It is getting colder, and somethings will have to change.

One thing that will never change: I will always leave my house at 6:09 every morning and catch the 6:13 A train or the 6:18 C train at Utica Avenue and arrive in the front of the store between 6:55 and 7:05. But because of the change of weather, I cannot practice my skating as much in the morning because it'll be too cold to. I'll also have to hang out inside the store until I leave for school at 7:20 because people will look at me sitting in front of the store wondering if I'm mentally ill sitting in the cold. The worst thing is is that by December, even when Daylight Savings Time ends, it'll still be dark by the time I step inside my school at 7:20 because the sun won't rise until another 5 or 10 minutes after!

What I'll have to do:

On November 6th, I'll stop skating to and from school until it gets warm again, unless there's a day that it's feasible enough to skate (weather-wise). I remember earlier this year in January that it was 60 degrees and some kid came to school with shorts! Aside from that, November 6th will be the last day I'll come to school with my skateboard. I'll have to practice skating in secrecy until March when it gets warm again.