Morning Commute

**Banquo's Ghost** · 09-19-2011, 13:22

I work from homes.

**Hosakawa Tito** · 09-19-2011, 14:19

Up at 4:30am. 30 minute jog, start coffee pot upon return then take quick shower while it brews. Fix a bowl of oatmeal/grits or toast & jam with my morning coffee while checking email etc... Brush me teeth, get on the uniform and drive 22 country miles to work at 6am. I consider it a good day at work when we all leave at the end of our shift upright & breathing, all the cons accounted for, our sanity mostly intact.

I'm a morning person and get up at the crack of dawn most every morning. 6am is sleeping in for me.

**Scienter** · 09-19-2011, 14:33

Drag my

out of bed at 6am. Blergh. The only thing that keeps me from being a homicidal maniac at 6am is my cute dog wagging his tail because he knows it's time for breakfast. Out the door a by a little after 7ish. Get to work around 8. I take public transportation so at least I get to read or do a crossword puzzle. By DC standards, my commute isn't bad, but that isn't saying much. I know some people who have a 1.5 - 2 hour commute each way. If I had to drive to work in DC traffic, I'd be in a padded cell somewhere.

**Noncommunist** · 09-20-2011, 03:54

About 5 minutes from my fraternity house to the dining hall for breakfast which can take an hour if I want. Then about a 3 minute walk to the building where my class takes place.

**ajaxfetish** · 09-20-2011, 04:43

Wake up at 8:00 and 40 minutes on the bus for me. Got a bus stop about 2 minutes walking distance from my front door, so it's pretty convenient. Usually spend the time running through lesson plans or translating Old English.

Ajax

**Major Robert Dump** · 09-20-2011, 11:05

What gets me out of bed every morning is the lod speakers on the base:

ATTENTION ON THE FOB. THERE WILL BE A CONTROLLED DETONATION IN APPROXIMATELY **BOOM** 2 MINUTES

**Peasant Phill** · 09-20-2011, 11:45

The alarm clock goes off 6:45. I go downstairs to get the cat (who's now meowing (?)), get back into bed with the cat until after the news of 7:00. Get ready for work, prepare my lunch and off I go at 7:30. It's a half hour bicycle ride to work.

**Husar** · 09-20-2011, 13:06

Originally Posted by Major Robert Dump

What gets me out of bed every morning is the lod speakers on the base:

ATTENTION ON THE FOB. THERE WILL BE A CONTROLLED DETONATION IN APPROXIMATELY **BOOM** 2 MINUTES

For me it depends a lot on the day, often there is no commute as there is nothing to commute to.
When I have uni in the morning, I usually get up at least two hours before I have to be there, then sleep 30 minutes longer anyway, try to read some stuff on the internet wasting even more time, shower somewhere in between, then either eat a quick breakfast or realize that I'll be 5-10 mins late even if I don't. The university, or most of it, is only two stops of the subway away and the station is a block away from my home. If I have to get to the computer sciences building I usually need about 10 mins longer as it's further away and not on the main campus.

Well, if it's something important I'm usually faster, or get up earlier.