Traffic

I hate traffic. It is such a waste of time. And since the schools have started back, things are getting ridiculous. For example, this morning, it took me an hour to drive one mile. Yes – an hour for a mile. Whoa. And there weren’t any accidents or anything, it was just regular traffic.

I moved house over the summer holidays so since the start of the school traffic, I have been experimenting.

Leave home at 8:00 – reach work at 9:05
Leave home at 7:45 – reach work at 9:00
Leave home at 7:30 – reach work at 8:55
Leave home at 7:15 – reach work at 8:50

Now, working on that equation, I would need to leave home at about 6:30 in order to get to work on time – I am supposed to start at 8:30. Hmmm, might be late lots!

And before you ask:
I live about 6 miles from work.
Yes, I drive. No, public transport isn’t an option – it would involve 2 buses (the first one going in the wrong direction to where I want to be), a 10 minute walk at one end, a 20 minute walk at the other end, lots of harassment and too much sweat.

And that’s the problem. Public transport here isn’t really an option so everyone gets in their car and goes and joins the traffic.

But there is a light at the end of the tunnel – I’m moving house again in 2 months to somewhere a lot closer to the new job I will hopefully be starting soon!

Oh yeah, and I bought donuts last night so at least I had something to console myself with when I got to the office!