8 dec 2012

the other day i took the long way to work. or, i should say, *A* long way. there are many ways.

on the first leg, there was a bit - maybe three miles - on a newly paved road. it was so smooth and soft, like driving on air. then, onto to the interstate for a bit, then back off again to pick up a road that i had been reminded of when i passed it recently going the other way to get somewheres else. it goes parallel to the interstate, sort of an access road for several subdivisions, but there aren't any traffic signals and there's barely any traffic. just your typical suburban secondary street, quite handy. from there to a main artery, where the biggest obstacles were a short school zone and a small commercial district, then boom, at work.

i highly recommend taking the back way every once in a while. do it right and it's NOT significantly more time-consuming than taking the freeway and IS significantly less stressful than fighting it out with all the commuting yahoos. maybe 5, 10 additional minutes to refresh your day before it even gets started. pluswise, taking alternate routes staves off dementia, so you can probably use your medical reimbursement dollars to pay for the gasoline.