Every Day Is a Gift

My wife and I say that to each other in a deadpan voice...right around the time both kids start to lose it around bedtime.

Every day is a gift.

It makes us laugh. It's nice to say when you are walking out of the house and into the cold and gray.

Drive was fine today. Some forceful merging at points. The Rte. 495 exit down the street from Chelmsford center is always a little spicy in the morning. A dude in an old Mercedes decided it was time for him to join traffic without asking or thanking.

I was able to take the shortcut to get around the construction need Bedford center...which made up for any earlier issues.


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Departure Time: 7:09
Arrival Time: 7:41
Weather as I call it: Cloudy, 35°F
Shady Gas Price: $2.57 - Yikes!
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2.5
Feared for my life: Nah

When It's Not Raining Or Cold

You know, when it's not raining or cold, driving around this ol' state of MA during this time of year can have a calming effect on somebody.

I had that feeling today while driving. I was looking at the trees and the still water of the rivers and I felt at peace.

The cool air, the stillness, the silence.

When you don't have the extreme conditions of way below average temps and downpouring rain, it can be a real pleasure.

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Departure Time: 7:09
Arrival Time: 7:41
Weather as I call it: Cool, 40s, Partly sunny
Shady Gas Price: $2.47
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2
Feared for my life: No

Wet Leaves On Windshield

Man, too much snow too early. Not that there was any to shovel or wipe off my car, but mid-October is too early for snow. Yeah, too early.

I did have a lot of leaves on the windshield. I needed to remove many of them with my hand. My wipers were only effective on 40% of them.

The other few that were left the wind removed after driving for about 20 minutes.


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Departure Time: 7:01
Arrival Time: 7:32
Weather as I call it: Cloudy - cold 40s
Shady Gas Price: $2.45
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2
Feared for my life: No

Voting Day

I stopped off at the ol' polling booths to vote on a couple of questions.

There is a few proposals that the townspeople were asked to vote on. It involved adjusting Prop. 2 1/2 and increasing our taxes. It was a hard choice and I will leave it at that.

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Departure Time: 7:00
Arrival Time: 7:45
Weather as I call it: Sunny and cool.
Shady Gas Price: $2.45 - post Labor day slump.
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2
Feared for my life: No

Reckless Teens

Crazy Friday driving out there. A bunch of teens in beat up cars passing people and tailgating and trying to cause accidents. It was crazy out there this morning.


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Departure Time: 7:16
Arrival Time: 7:46
Weather as I call it: Sunny, Cool, High 40s
Shady Gas Price: $2.47
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 3
Feared for my life: No, but crazed