well, now I am stressed

I have managed to go through my entire finals week without feeling overly stressed. I have just finished, edited and printed all 6 papers even though they are not due until 5 o'clock this evening. When I haven't been busy writing papers, I've been going out enjoying my last week in New York before going home for the break. I've had a busy schedule, and yet I managed to work everything out. I finished what needed to be done and still had lots of fun. I was never stressed.

But now I am stressed. Last night I rode the subway down to meet some friends for a celebratory "we're done with statistics" drink. I'm glad I left long before midnight. Otherwise I might have been walking home 30 blocks.
It's official. The subways and buses have stopped running. This leaves me among one of many millions of people who have no transportation. My last minute Christmas shopping I had planned to do today will be a real challenge. Thank goodness for gift cards...

The real stress is thinking about tomorrow. My flight leaves out of La Guardia at 2:00 in the afternoon. My original plan was to leave about 11:30 on the bus. Time for a new plan. Looking out my window all I see is traffic. Even if I do manage to get a cab or hire a car, it could easily take me a couple of hours to get to the airport. This is stressful. Once at the airport, I'll have to hope that the airline crew also made it there. Otherwise there might not be anyone to fly the plane. This is stressful.

This is how the NYC transit strike is affecting me:

• Today I must walk 25 blocks in the cold in an attempt to do my last-minute Christmas shopping
• Tonight I will miss the chance to hang out with several of my friends who will be unable to make it uptown
  
• Tomorrow I must find an alternative ride to the airport or start walking now
• I will also need to supplement the $2 I was planning to spend on my ride to the airport with an additional $48

This transit strike is ruining all my plans. This is stressful.