Hey Drivers, Surprise....the Sun Rises in the East!

There are many steps that have to happen each morning in order for me to get to work on time and be fully prepared for the day. I will be the first to admit I am in no way a morning person, which makes this process considerably more difficult. Unlike the gentleman from the preceding posts, I drive my commute each day, as my work and my home are separated by about 1.5 hours of public transportation commute, and yet only 15 miles.

On the stretch of highway I see each morning, there are two things that repeatedly drive me crazy:

1.) The sun rises in the east. This should not be a shocking fact for anyone who has passed primary grade science. Yet, day after day, I head east and then south, and multiple times on the drive the solar glare on the highway causes people to slam on their brakes in alarm, often creating accidents and at least creating traffic to back-up. Either stick to the right lane and go slow expecting the sun or get some sunglasses and maybe slow slightly if your vision is still impaired.

2.) Every weekday morning (and I mean every weekday morning), on the I-93S stretch, the far left lane is closed. The vast majority of the people on 93S on a weekday morning at 7:00 are commuters like me, who do this every day. However, that doesn’t stop a handful of people from riding all the way down the left lane to bypass the traffic and then to cut someone off and cause accidents and further backups for another couple of miles. People please have some patience and get in line. you may feel like you are moving faster and pulling one over on everyone waiting patiently in line but really you are just a douche and causing more of an issue.

Needless to say, if I make it to work on time, accident-free, and without too much traffic, I am slightly more willing to be awake and face the day. Then, there are days like this where I am running behind even though I should have had plenty of time, I get to work, and realize I have left my USB key (which I need today in particular) sitting on my desk at home….Happy Hump Day.