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New York City - Original Writing

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Today was another lousy Monday, just like last week. Everything Samantha did was scheduled. She lived a very busy life in New York City. If it wasn’t on her schedule she wouldn’t make time for it. Except today all of that changed. It started early in the morning. The day was stormy and extremely rainy. The storms got carried away and knocked the power out. That led her to being late for work because her alarm had not gone off. When she finally woke up on her own, she went into a panic! Samantha hasn’t been late to work in over ten years. She rushed around her apartment getting dressed and fixing her hair. On her way out of the apartment she read a text from her boyfriend Michael. The text was explaining that today is Valentine’s Day and he wanted to take her out to dinner. She replied back saying she would go. While she was walking outside from the apartments she thought to herself, “Crap. How could I forget that today was Valentine’s Day? I’m late for work and it’s rainy outside. How could this day get any worse?” She then stood on the sidewalk and hailed a taxi. The taxi took off and she was finally on her way to work. She made it to work and got a huge lecture from her boss. She had never been late before so she couldn’t understand why he was so mad at her. It was a long, slow, and uneventful day at work. Boy was she glad to be getting out of there that evening. Outside the sky was dark but the stars were bright. She stood under a lamp post and hailed a taxi so she could

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