Car free month, day 1

And so begins the epic task. I woke up this morning at my usual time, and already knew I wouldn't be biking in on the first day. I had decided the day before that I wouldn't wake early, probably wouldn't bike, and thus would likely get to work a bit later than usual, around 8AM or so.

As I got into the shower, I was still rather tired, likely a side effect of my having been sick for the past few days, and was contemplating calling off the whole affair. As I was in the shower, waking up under the warm water, I convinced myself that I really should go through with it, and that I would take transit today. Since bus running to the office only runs once an hour, I had 15 minutes or so to kill before I should leave, otherwise I would just end up standing outside for a long time.

So I checked some e-mail, looked at the weather before I left (rather more important now), and read some webcomics. I still ended up at the train stop too early, and thus ended up waiting for the bus for 15 minutes.

After a full day at work, I decided that I felt good enough to walk the ~1 mile to the nearest train station, rather than wait for a bus. It was raining, but in general, it was a good feeling to make the walk. I had only a few minutes to wait for a train once there. After getting back home, I dropped off the laptop, and changed into some different clothes.

Immediately after changing I headed out and hopped on the next train, which I caught just as it pulled into the station, and headed one stop down to go to the grocery store. I could easily have walked over to the store, since it is only about half a mile, but I decided to be lazy and took the train. I then purchased some groceries, including 4 tall boys, bread, and some ground beef. I then headed back off to the train stop, where I had a 10 minute wait for the next train back the one stop to my place.

Based on my current mood, and tiredness, I will likely just take the train/bus tomorrow as well.