I guess Dexter started school today...
Sep. 5th, 2006 10:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnridleyChelsea started last week. I have been getting up at 6:15 with everyone else. I recall last year I was getting up at 5:30, but all week long I couldn't remember why.
Now I remember. Leaving at 7:00 (plus or minus) puts me in Dexter around 7:30. At that time, there's a big lineup at the light west of town. Either a lot of teenagers are driving to school or a lot of kids need to be chauffered (I suspect the latter since they don't turn off on the road that goes straight to the high school). That means I wait in line, on my bike, breathing SUV exhaust, for about 12 minutes to get into town, instead of the 1 minute it usually takes. Bleh.
(insert obligatory "When *I* was a kid, I rode the bus to school every day until the day I graduated, over an hour each way" blah blah)
K needs to go in early for band practice twice a week, so I'm stuck at a 7AM or 7:15AM departure (depending on whether J or I make the kid delivery) on those days, but starting tomorrow I'm back to 5:30 wakeup, with everything ready to roll and out by 5:40.
Now, if I can only actually get to sleep on time.
There are upsides. I'd much rather ride in the dark, especially in the morning. Also the early arrival means I can leave work around 2:15 to 2:30, or work overtime and still get home pretty early. Still, waking up at 5:30...
Now I remember. Leaving at 7:00 (plus or minus) puts me in Dexter around 7:30. At that time, there's a big lineup at the light west of town. Either a lot of teenagers are driving to school or a lot of kids need to be chauffered (I suspect the latter since they don't turn off on the road that goes straight to the high school). That means I wait in line, on my bike, breathing SUV exhaust, for about 12 minutes to get into town, instead of the 1 minute it usually takes. Bleh.
(insert obligatory "When *I* was a kid, I rode the bus to school every day until the day I graduated, over an hour each way" blah blah)
K needs to go in early for band practice twice a week, so I'm stuck at a 7AM or 7:15AM departure (depending on whether J or I make the kid delivery) on those days, but starting tomorrow I'm back to 5:30 wakeup, with everything ready to roll and out by 5:40.
Now, if I can only actually get to sleep on time.
There are upsides. I'd much rather ride in the dark, especially in the morning. Also the early arrival means I can leave work around 2:15 to 2:30, or work overtime and still get home pretty early. Still, waking up at 5:30...
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Date: 2006-09-05 04:11 pm (UTC)I'm glad more people don't go that way, because for the few weeks that they diverted traffic while working on the bridge a few years ago, Wylie turned into an unbelievable mud bog. Even going 5 MPH and weaving all over the road, you still stood a good chance of suspension damage. There were 2 foot holes a foot deep all across the road for most of its length.