Despite my lack of communication recently you can trust me when I say I've had my fair share of terrible commutes over the past couple of weeks. I've also had SOME relatively good ones, like today, which was nicer because even though there was traffic, people weren't driving like complete idiots.
Start Time: 6:23am
End Time: 8:03am
Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
^ Considering that I was driving slow for a good part of the trip, as I fought the urge to fall asleep at the wheel, I'd say that isn't too bad. The traffic was not super heavy, just a steady run in, if I had been more awake I think I could have made better time.
Still, this commute isn't getting any easier. It doesn't matter if I'm going into work or jet setting home - there's always traffic, traffic, and more traffic. It also still remains at least an hour and a half long without traffic ONE WAY. That's 70 terrible miles of distance that my car and I have both learned to hate with a passion.
I'm longing for the urge to move closer. And in fact I have been trying to close on a house for months now, oh the joys of a short sale. >_< My goal is to be close enough to a MARC station to take the train in everyday. Now I definitely know that taking the train into D.C. may have its own problems, but at least I don't have to worry about falling asleep and crashing into somebody. I'm patiently awaiting to see if this move will even happen.
To be honest I can't believe the amount of time that's wasted by my commute each day. I could have at least an extra three hours to nap, read, to do work, pay attention to my pet rabbit (yes I have a pet rabbit), do chores, make dinner, exercise (in the form of jogging or biking), speaking to friends on the phone, etc. That time really could be used for a lot...and yet most of it is spent in the car driving, or making sure that my commuting partner keeps us on the road since he constantly insists on taking on the phone when it's his turn to drive. Don't worry folks, he uses speaker phone and keeps his hands on the steering wheel.
The point remains that something needs to change. You know, I don't think it would be such a bad idea if just across the bay bridge they build a GIANT parking complex, and a monorail or small train system that ran into D.C. or at least to New Carrollton. Seems to me like it would get a lot of people off of the road, less congestion, less emissions from automobiles, etc. Seems like it could be a good investment, but hey, what do I know?
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