tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34525163.post8472886539483547454..comments2023-08-16T03:03:34.830-05:00Comments on Against a Brick Wall: CommutingLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03167212722339582049noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34525163.post-34969089910718569692011-01-06T10:48:56.828-06:002011-01-06T10:48:56.828-06:00Linda,
Alan's commute is long, too. He should...Linda,<br /><br />Alan's commute is long, too. He should be responding, not me, I guess, as I only know from second-hand tellings what his commute is like. I think his trip is 134 miles round trip and he makes it 5 days a week. His "perks" are much the same as yours, of course--but you knew that. He's closer to retirement than you are, but still has far too long to make that seem like an incentive. He SAYS he doesn't mind it much, though. He uses the time to listen to podcasts that he downloads for the week every Sunday. He also uses the time to de-stress from work so that when he's home, he's no longer thinking about work at all, which is good. The drive is far enough that *I* almost never make the drive into Tulsa anymore. Tahlequah has almost everything I need and if I can't get it there, I usually order it online. It does, of course, make us miss our Tulsa-area friends!!! Alan does have a Honda Insight hybrid to drive that, if it is tuned up well and running right, gets 62 mpg, but it needs a tuneup right now and is "only" getting something in the 50s. We wouldn't have bought a car like this *just* for the commute for some of the same reasons you gave, but this was our son's car and he needed something bigger so we bought it from him--partly as a favor to him and we knew it was a good car for us, too, knew its history, etc. Anyway--worked out well for all of us. I *wish* this place wasn't so far out, but if it weren't, then we probably wouldn't have been able to afford it! Maybe Alan's company will have several good years in a row and he'll be able to retire early. We can hope....Alan and Leslie Moyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08489415202309374872noreply@blogger.com