arc of time

nothing really to report this morning. this was one of those morning where the commute is a dream. the #9 showed up right on time, the north springs train showed up within two minutes of me getting to five points, there were no delays on the rails, i got to north springs with 6 minutes to spare, had time to go to the bathroom and the #140 left right on time.

that my friends is a marta commuter’s dream.

i continue to be bemused by how long it took me to discover the beauty of commuting this way and wonder aloud why others haven’t either. every morning i look out of the windows of the bus/train and watch the cars plying their way along the highway. i know the frustration and boredom that all of those drivers are bound for. and i know they are now paying norht of $3.50 per gallon, which is now something like 17.5 cents per mile, just for gas. the irrationality of entrenched habits sometimes knows no bounds – at least that was true in my case.

speaking of savings, i also won another $25 from the clean air campaign‘s commuter rewards program last month. two months in a row.

oh, finally, speaking of five points, i am absolutely enthralled by the dudes that vend on peachtree street outside the station. i see them every morning pulling all of their wares out of their battered white van. i hope my friends at clfreshloaf are listening, because this author thinks they would make an excellent edition to the profile series.