Take the easy way home

Post commute reaction

I’ve been experiencing some early mornings at work lately.

Today, I had to be there for 6:45.

That hour is best spent under covers with fluffy creatures all around.

Most days?

I ride my bike to work.

But on a day with such an early arrival time minutes matter.

With no traffic I can drive there in fifteen minutes, so drive I did.

Driving home at four or five?

Well…

That’s a whole different cask of rat piss.

I won’t go into any of my frustrations with how we’re ‘progressing’ by getting rid of cars, but let’s just say that the system the planners have envisioned is working according to plan. No one gets anywhere quickly at all.

And?

Those with money have it better.

When we moved home we thought long and hard about where we wanted to live and how we wanted to live.

Lately I’ve had some regrets about not picking a rural area, a place with easier access to things that I love - the ocean and the woods.

We even thought about a compromise neighbourhood - somewhere with large lots in a more suburban area.

A h…