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I have been here less than two days. I have replaced my student I.D. card with a CTA Transit Card. Car and bike keys for a train map. The Pacific Ocean for Lake Michigan. The sound of waves for the purr of air conditioning and of traffic. My sweater with an umbrella… except today when, to my surprise, I stepped outside and it was chilly. I don’t know quite what to think about all of this, so I’m boarding the busses and trains like a native, with my CTA card the right way (cut corner toward me), acting like I have somewhere to go and that I know how to get there.