winterbadger | Entries tagged with commuting

Why is it the days that I want to get to work early that the universe picks to have accidents on the Beltway? I'm just curious.

However, I was amused on my way to work by seeing a huge SUV, with a jacked up suspension and huge tires, that had as a license plate "LEMNRUS".

:-) Nice one.

Current Mood: amused

81*F in the apartment, and that's balmy compared with the 100+F+ that it is outside this evening. BLECH!

Took effing forever getting home (over an hour and a half).

However, just now, some time to relax.

gr_c17 coming over later.

astrongteacher and I preparing for a long weekend getaway. Cold beer, and time to make dinner. MUCH better.

Current Mood: irritated

I just got home.

I left work at 6.30.

Thank God for (a) my Matrix (it drove smoothly through ice and snow that was bogging down scores of other cars) and (b) the 24-disc recording of Alastair Horne's book about the Algerian revolution that I had in the car.

This is officially DC Snowpocalypse I for 2011.

Current Mood: tired

All of my route home is either red or black...

Glad I have a full tank...

Current Mood: pessimistic

I left work early, so that instead of twiddling my thumbs doing nothing there, I could do something I need to do here at home.

I left an hour early (which I will need to make up). It took me 90+ minutes to get home, instead of the 40-60 it usually takes.

So I effectively *lost* 30-50 minutes, of which I spent an inordinate amount watching other drivers zoom up to the far end of the lane I was in and shoehorn themselves in front of everyone else patiently waiting.

And, of course, I'll have to work an extra hour later in the week.

Huzzah.

I hate DC traffic.

Current Mood: frustrated

They've started running more shuttles to the Metro from my workplace--30 (!) instead of 8 per day. This made me check out Metro and RideOn fares and times.

If I take the bus from the end of my street to the Metro, Metro out to VA, shuttle to work, it would be about 40 minutes one way (according to their probably optimistic schedules) and cost (round trip) about $10.20 during rush hour and $8.30 if I go off-peak in the morning (Metro doesn't seem to have an evening off-peak). Compared with 45-90 minutes one-way and $7-8 in gas (round trip), that compares pretty favourably, given that I'd be taking a car off the road.

If I bike to the Metro, I get some exercise and save another $1.70, though I don't know that I'd save any time. :-)

This definitely bears thinking about...

Current Mood: chipper

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"I have been but little in," said Ninian hastily...

..."and you [sleeping] there like a winter badger."

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