My new drive to work takes about 30 minutes. That's with normal 7:30 to 8:00am traffic. Throw rain or an accident in there, well, it's just a mess.
Which is what happened yesterday. There was a wreck in the Battery Street tunnel, which backed up Aurora (my normal route) for miles. So I took I-5, which really wasn't much better. It took me an hour to get to work.
So, last night I invested in a big thermos and I programmed the coffee maker to start perkin' at 6:40am. I got up at 6:15am, showered and beautified, made some coffee and was out the door by 7:00.
Total commute time: 23 minutes.
And now I get to leave at 4:00pm.
I figure, I have a new home, a new neighborhood, a new family. Why not a new work schedule?
We'll see how long I can keep this up. I may have to rethink my strategy when my head hits the desk at 3:00pm.
5 comments:
I would love to "sleep in" until 6:15! :-) My alarm goes off at 5:20. Ugh. That's why I'm ready to fall asleep by 10:00.
5:20? Tricia, you're a nut!
Mine goes off at 6:45, but I'm planning to switch my hours so that I get in earlier and can leave earlier to get my butt to the gym. So I'll have to start waking up at 6:15ish too. Yikes!! that's pushing it...
And my commute on a good day is 1 hour and 15 minutes! It's awful! :O
I get up at 7:00 and my commute is 15 minutes. ;>) Don't hate me. Hey, I paid my dues - when I worked for the navy (way back when) my alarm went off at 4:15. I don't know how I did that!
Ya'll really need to move back into the city ;-)
Or to the country and just not work any more at all - 22 more "actual" working days!!! Yea. I'll never set another alarm clock!
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