Hot Weather - Keeps The Leather

Spy guy still rocks the leather jacket in the hot weather.  He doesn't care about 90 degree temperatures. He is wearing the leather.  He doesn't care about high humidity.  He's wearing the leather.

Short week - have a good time everyone.

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Departure Time From Home: 6:47
Arrival Time at Work: 7:33
Weather as I call it: Sunny, hazy, humid, 60s
Shady Gas Price: $3.45
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2
Feared for my life: No

Spy Games

So somewhere in Waltham, along my commute to work, there is this guy who I see and have been seeing everyday standing on the sidewalk. He is probably waiting for the bus or something, I don't know. He is always wearing a vintage leather jacket, some old shoes, and a grumpy expression. He seems tall - over six feet in height and his hair is starting to gray. He has an Eastern European look to him. He may be a spy from the Cold War. Today we locked eyes for a few moments. I had to look away. I didn't want him reading my mind. Spy stuff, you know. I guess we'll be seeing more of each other.

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Departure Time From Home: 6:48
Arrival Time at Work: 7:53
Weather as I call it: Cloudy, 50s
Shady Gas Price: $3.45
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2
Feared for my life: No

But It Had Rained Last Night

Note to self - the highway will be backed up more if rain has fallen from the sky in the past 12 hours. Yeah, there was some fog but we have had fog earlier this week. I will have to remember to take some back roads to avoid the pile up. Besides that and hitting some red lights, the ride was ok. I am learning when to shift lanes and when to use other routes.

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Departure Time From Home: 6:50
Arrival Time at Work: 8:07
Weather as I call it: Cloudy, 50s
Shady Gas Price: $3.43
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 3
Feared for my life: Yes, had to jam on my brakes at the Rte. 3/Rte. 95 interchange.

Blinkers On

Took the backroads to get on the highway a little further south than usual. I saw an accident or at least the aftermath of an accident. It looked like they were really bummed but what they should have done was gotten out of the intersection not just stayed in the middle of the street with their blinkers on.

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Departure Time From Home: 6:47
Arrival Time at Work: 7:56
Weather as I call it: Sunny, 40s
Shady Gas Price: $3.43
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2
Feared for my life: No

Raccoon Massacre

I left early to drop off something at my cousin's house. There were many dead raccoons by the side of the road. It was intense. What is up with that? Anyway, here is the start of week 2.

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Departure Time From Home: 6:17
Arrival Time at Work: 7:20
Weather as I call it: Foggy, then sunny
Shady Gas Price: $3.43
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2
Feared for my life: No

Well Fridays Are Lighter

I had a sense that Fridays would move faster on the road than other days. Today was much better than Monday. Tuesday was the worse. Wednesday was a little better and yesterday was a little better than that. All the weather conditions were the same for each of the days. I did leave at different times but similar enough. Today was great. I wish every day was Friday.

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Departure Time From Home: 6:48
Arrival Time at Work: 7:38
Weather as I call it: Sunny, high 30s
Shady Gas Price: $3.43
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 1
Feared for my life: No

10 Minutes

I left 10 minutes earlier and it made a world of difference. Traffic was just a bit lighter and my trip didn't take as long as it did on Tuesday. I am getting the feeling that this trip will be frustrating as long as I work there or until the office moves. Beautiful weather we are having.

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Departure Time From Home: 6:50
Arrival Time at Work: 7:53
Weather as I call it: Sunny. 40s
Shady Gas Price: $3.43
Level of commute annoyance (scale of 1 to 10): 2
Feared for my life: No