Wednesday · April 05 2006
For the first time, I took advantage of living close to work and walked the 2 miles home. I haven't had a good chance to do that since we moved in late November. Felt great to clear my head and stretch my legs out. Worth the extra time.
I picked up the new Flaming Lips CD on the way as well. Plan on listening to that today. Stace and I are going to see Mates of State tomorrow night at Metro and I'm also listening to Silversun Pickups on KEXP. They remind me of someone…
I also just learned that Bishop Allen is releasing a new EP every month this year. March, following up on January and February is now available. Since I don't think I've met a Bishop Allen song I haven't liked, this is good to learn.
I'm so jealous! It takes me just under an hour to walk the two miles home from the metro station - where was Charlie, and how did you manage to get an hour to yourself? I don't feel like I have that kind of 'extra' time. :-(
Adding up the time walking to the L from work, waiting on the L platform and walking home from the L, I'd say all in all, walking the way home was an extra 15-20 minutes of time.
Even if I didn't have that kind of extra time, I felt like I needed it yesterday. The walk did me good.
Charlie was sick at home the last couple days with Stacy, but we usually come home separately anyway.
It takes me 8 minutes total to walk from my apartment to my office. I can't begin to tell you how awesome that is. I highly recommend it to everyone.
Sometimes I drive (which only saves about 1 minute, because I can't drive the same way I walk) if its raining, like today.
Going to see Mates of State?? Arrgg! So jealous!! They sound like they should be really good live.
Living a managable distance from the place you spend most of your waking hours is one of the greatest luxuries one can manage. Maybe it's different for everyone, but I love being able to get to the places I need without setting aside huge chunks of my day.
Having done the Ravenswood-Schaumburg commute for a couple years, I couldn't agree more.
I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoy walking to work every day. Even when it's raining, I usually just suck it up rather than taking a cab. Finding a taxi downtown in the rain would take more time than it just walking as fast as I can. Amen on the head clearing and leg stretching. Add to that list catching up on music listening and podcasting. Bring on the warm weather!!