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Jun. 4th, 2009
my morning commute
Jun. 4th, 2009 08:21 pmI've mentioned in the past that I've got a 52 mile round-trip commute every day (thanks to having to drop my kids off all over the place) which goes home-school-daycare-work, work-daycare-school-home. Unlike when I lived near Boston and most of my time was spent being stuck in a bumper-to-bumper borderline-road-rage traffic hell, my current commute is very scenic and mellow. Near as I can figure I drive by at least six different kinds of cows every day, seven when I go to the chiropractor and drive by the bison farm.
So, really, my commute is more like:( tedious but vaguely narratively-important description )
Despite doing lots of driving, it's a really nice, mellow, sort of zen trip. There's a total of three traffic lights and one four-way stop, though I go through them more than once.
It takes me about 12 min to get from home to the big kid's school, 25 from there to daycare, and 15 from there back to work. Today, though, it took me two hours.
Because, despite having no plans to do so, I stopped for nearly an hour by the side of the road.
( Here's why. Pic heavy, ya been warned )
Anyhow, that was today's commute. And when I picked up the big kid from school this afternoon, she had a bucket of rescued tadpoles with her from a nearly dried-up pond, so there may be some emergency home pond construction happening this summer. Anyone want to help?
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ETA: and I'm once again grateful to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
llcoolvad for the suggestion that one should always carry one's camera, no matter how uninteresting one expects the day to be, because you just never know.
So, really, my commute is more like:( tedious but vaguely narratively-important description )
Despite doing lots of driving, it's a really nice, mellow, sort of zen trip. There's a total of three traffic lights and one four-way stop, though I go through them more than once.
It takes me about 12 min to get from home to the big kid's school, 25 from there to daycare, and 15 from there back to work. Today, though, it took me two hours.
Because, despite having no plans to do so, I stopped for nearly an hour by the side of the road.
( Here's why. Pic heavy, ya been warned )
Anyhow, that was today's commute. And when I picked up the big kid from school this afternoon, she had a bucket of rescued tadpoles with her from a nearly dried-up pond, so there may be some emergency home pond construction happening this summer. Anyone want to help?
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ETA: and I'm once again grateful to
llcoolvad for the suggestion that one should always carry one's camera, no matter how uninteresting one expects the day to be, because you just never know.