I'm not sure if it was rising gas prices, a pervading fear the Malibu will break down and cost a million dollars to fix, my love of public transportation (oh the maps, schedules and all the intriguing people!) or all three, but I have started to take the bus to and from work whenever I can. Sometimes I need to take my car if I have an errand or obligation during or right after work. Otherwise, I try to wake up in time to catch the bus.
The cost to ride the bus is $1.70 a day. I am not sure this is saving me that much money because it probably only takes a little less than a gallon of gas for me to drive to and from work. I am, however, not using my car, which might make it last a bit longer. I also realized that when I ride the bus I don't experience the stress that accompanies driving during high-volume traffic times. When I ride the bus, I'm not all pissed off by the time I get to work. I get a good chance to calmly wake up and on my way home I do some reading to wind down from the work day. Who knew riding the bus could be so therapeutic?
I am only in my second week of bus riding. I do it about three or four days out of the five-day work week so it's still a pretty new thing for me. I might get tired of waking up half an hour early and when it gets colder outside, I might not be as excited to walk two blocks and wait outside for five minutes for the bus to come. Too bad Sioux Falls doesn't have a subway. Now that would be really fun.
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