I rode the bus to and from work three days this week. It's interesting. There's a certain rhythm about the everything. Early morning buses fill up with what seems to be a mix of high school kids and blue collar workers. Afternoons aren't as busy, probably because I ride home after the crush of high school kids is already home.
It doesn't take long to get used to riding the bus. Our bus system has a number of different models of busses, and I can tell almost immediately when I get on a bus where I should sit to give myself the most legroom, or so that I'm not directly under the heater. One spot on one of the busses is right under a blower that's uncomfortably hot. Another trap is getting too near the back of the bus, so you're on the raised platform. The trap is remembering to step down when I get up to exit the bus. Missing that step once was enough.
I have been early (which is good), just in time (with some pretty intense driving to get to my parking spot), and late (leading to a 45 minute wait in the bus station). I have had the driver miss me as I stood at my stop (luckily he did stop when I yelled and waved), and have the driver fail to stop when I rang for the stop (leaving me with a three block walk back).
I have saved three quarters of a tank of gas. I have gotten in better shape from the walking I have had to do to get to the bus station. Best of all, I have finished a fantastic book and have started another. I love the reading time this is giving me.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Starting Up
Without much confidence that I'll stick to these, here are some resolutions I'm making this year:
1. I'm going to try to take the bus to work at least three days per week. This will save me money, save wear and tear on my van, and give me a guaranteed 40-50 minutes of time to read every day. The downside to this is that I will have to leave the house 30 minutes earlier, and I'll get home 30 minutes later every day.
2. I have wanted to resume blogging for over a year, and this post is my first attempt to make this change. The fact that I'm finally getting to this on January 9 might show that I won't be very successful at this. Other evidence that this is going to be tough for me is that I can't remember the password or email address I had for my old online blog account, so I had to start from scratch on Live Journal.
3. I resolve again to NOT play fantasy football this year. I played fantasy baseball for a number of years back in the early 1990s. I really enjoyed it, but it changed the way I watched baseball. It became more and more "work" to watch a game. I lost the enjoyment factor. SInce I enjoy football, and enjoyed fantasy baseball, the lure of fantasy football comes up every year. I need to consciously make this resolution every year so that I don't give in to the temptation that I feel every August, and keep football enjoyable for me.
4. I plan to change the way I do my personal devotions. I'm looking at a couple of different Bible reading plans, plus I have have had some thoughts about using journaling as a devotional tool. I have not decided yet how I'm going to make a specific change in this area yet. I will make that decision over the next month, as I try out a few different ideas.
So there are essentially two "big" changes, one commitment not to change something, and another change that I haven't fully sorted out yet. If I can manage to keep my second resolution, I expect I'll be making comments here over the year that will show you how well I'm sticking with the other three.
1. I'm going to try to take the bus to work at least three days per week. This will save me money, save wear and tear on my van, and give me a guaranteed 40-50 minutes of time to read every day. The downside to this is that I will have to leave the house 30 minutes earlier, and I'll get home 30 minutes later every day.
2. I have wanted to resume blogging for over a year, and this post is my first attempt to make this change. The fact that I'm finally getting to this on January 9 might show that I won't be very successful at this. Other evidence that this is going to be tough for me is that I can't remember the password or email address I had for my old online blog account, so I had to start from scratch on Live Journal.
3. I resolve again to NOT play fantasy football this year. I played fantasy baseball for a number of years back in the early 1990s. I really enjoyed it, but it changed the way I watched baseball. It became more and more "work" to watch a game. I lost the enjoyment factor. SInce I enjoy football, and enjoyed fantasy baseball, the lure of fantasy football comes up every year. I need to consciously make this resolution every year so that I don't give in to the temptation that I feel every August, and keep football enjoyable for me.
4. I plan to change the way I do my personal devotions. I'm looking at a couple of different Bible reading plans, plus I have have had some thoughts about using journaling as a devotional tool. I have not decided yet how I'm going to make a specific change in this area yet. I will make that decision over the next month, as I try out a few different ideas.
So there are essentially two "big" changes, one commitment not to change something, and another change that I haven't fully sorted out yet. If I can manage to keep my second resolution, I expect I'll be making comments here over the year that will show you how well I'm sticking with the other three.
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