The Magic of Carpooling

Carpooling is great for your wallet- especially if your commute is around an hour and 15 minutes long. Carpooling with people who have different hours than you can be stressful though.
I leave at 6:45am and arrive around 7:45am (less traffic that time of day.) We leave the office around 4:30 on 3 days, but 2 days a week, we leave the office at 4. Being used to an 8:30-5pm job, that’s tough. Having a boss work remotely from 3 timezones earlier makes it even harder. I cut out earlier in her day and have to hit the road at the peak. My day starts out sluggish with me crawiling out of bed as late as I can (5:45am anyone?)

By the time I get home, I feel like a lump, try to go work out, do something around the house, desperately catch up on freelance and from there, stay up way too late with my student husband who is on a different schedule.

It’s only September and I can’t imagine what it will be like as the sun goes down earlier and rises later. MY OFFICE HAS NO WINDOWS.

But at least I can rely on the carpool for a lift, and maybe a nap.

CM