Today briefly

[scarlettina]

Printed out all my travel forms. Packed them up with my computer. Went to work. Looked at my paperwork one more time before putting htem in the FedEx envelop and realized there was information I'd left off that was only available at home. Cursed a blue streak. Left work and went to Crossroads Mall. Went to Half Price Books and bought The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters, because I simply can't refuse a novel set in Egypt in 1916. Had dinner. Surfed the intarwebs. Wrote ~1K words. Had a really easy drive home. Came home to my first paycheck.

Oh, and last night, painted a wall and a half.

Go me!

Comments

[skidspoppe.livejournal.com]

Yeah you!!!

But did you eventually get that information into the FedEx envelope?

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Tomorrow. It will happen tomorrow.

[steve98052.livejournal.com]

Had a really easy drive home.

As an Eastside resident of many years, I discovered a very simple pattern that can be used to predict westbound traffic:
      Sports make traffic a mess.

  Yesterday there was a Mariners home game. Yesterday you mentioned traffic hell. (Or was it two days ago? Doesn't matter; Mariners played then too.)

  Today the Mariners had the day off. Today you mentioned an easy drive home.

  Tomorrow there's another Mariners home game. I predict traffic will suck again; you might as well dawdle on this side until the traffic dies down. (Game starts at 7:05 pm, but traffic is likely to remain ugly later than that, I suppose because of people who wait out the baseball traffic.)

  Next Monday the Mariners have a travel day, and the rest of the week they play away games. I predict traffic will be comparatively light.

Watching sports schedules doesn't reliably predict good days, since other events (major concerts, car crashes and stalls, etc.) can foul up traffic too. But it works really well for predicting bad days.

So, even if you're not a sports fan, it's a good idea to keep schedules for the big sports handy if you're stuck with a cross-lake commute. (If this is all obvious, never mind.)

Congratulations on the paycheck.

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know all about the traffic patterns; I've been doing that commute on and off (mostly on) for nearly 13 years. The reason my commute home was easy was that I stayed at Crossroads until about 7:30. At that point, the trip was a breeze. But I appreciate the thought.

And thanks for the congrats on the paycheck. First one I've seen in 8 months.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I usually stayed at MS until after 7 to avoid traffic, too. Except on Wednesdays, which were Game Night! I miss those guys.

Hooooooray for the first paycheck! W0000t!

And the trip nears - you'll have such fun. Can't wait to hear all about it.