And how was YOUR commute?
Yesterday's accident on the 210 certainly made our Friday challenging. Lots of parents were late to work (even those who left the house at 6:15 a.m.!) and my usual 15-minute drive from Arcadia to Duarte took 45 minutes. After school, our trek took over an hour.
Parents from Firstborn Son's school encountered long commutes from Alhambra to Pasadena.
It was interesting to see how everyone reacts to traffic snarls. I had to stay cool and entertain the kiddos. (We had a blast trying to see who would win a race, us in our car or a little ol' lady walking the trail along Royal Oaks Drive in Duarte. Grandma won.)
Other drivers couldn't stand waiting in line and made U-turns to whatever alternate route they could think of. Others (even moms in minivans, shame on you!) forgot all about courtesy and cut off other drivers or made illegal turns and stops. Most San Gabriel Valley drivers, thank goodness, remembered their driving manners: waiting their turn, not blocking intersections, and saying thank you when we let them in our lane.
Yesterday was a challenge and a major complication, for sure. But we got to go home and enjoy the beginning of our weekend. I think about the two people who left home before dawn on Friday and don't get to do that.
I'll take traffic snarls anyday.
Parents from Firstborn Son's school encountered long commutes from Alhambra to Pasadena.
It was interesting to see how everyone reacts to traffic snarls. I had to stay cool and entertain the kiddos. (We had a blast trying to see who would win a race, us in our car or a little ol' lady walking the trail along Royal Oaks Drive in Duarte. Grandma won.)
Other drivers couldn't stand waiting in line and made U-turns to whatever alternate route they could think of. Others (even moms in minivans, shame on you!) forgot all about courtesy and cut off other drivers or made illegal turns and stops. Most San Gabriel Valley drivers, thank goodness, remembered their driving manners: waiting their turn, not blocking intersections, and saying thank you when we let them in our lane.
Yesterday was a challenge and a major complication, for sure. But we got to go home and enjoy the beginning of our weekend. I think about the two people who left home before dawn on Friday and don't get to do that.
I'll take traffic snarls anyday.
You are so right! I am glad that you thought about things this way. It is all too easy to get cought up in now and where you have to be and go. When I am stuck on the freeway I think about how I am here healthy and safe. Suddenly it does not seem so bad waiting.