Commuting sucks.

[Doc_Klueless]

I live in Santa Monica, CA. I used to work in the SICU at LAC-USC, which is the BIG downtown Los Angeles County hospital, but my commute was so painful at 1.5-1.75 hours there and 1-1.5 hours back, that I had to quit and get another job here at the VA hospital in Santa Monica which brought my commute time down to 15min each way.

I have sooooo much more time on my hands now. I didn't realize just how much time I was wasting away just getting to and from work.

Of course, there was a price. I LOVED working in the Trauma/Surgical Intensive Care Unit at a Level One Trauma Center. It was exciting, fast-paced, and challenging. The guys I worked with (the unit was mostly male nurses on the night shift I worked which is extremely rare in nursing which is dominated numerically by women) were a bunch of laid-back, competent, fun-to-be-around dudes.

The work at the VA is much less fun, less challenging and definitely not fast paced.

 

[Evilhalfling]

45 min to work, 45 min up to 90 min home. only twice a week but the trip to school is much the same.

I listen to a lot of books on tape. some trash, some mediocre, lots of classics.
I have probably listened to more good books while commuting than I have for any english class.

 

[VirgilCaine]

I live, with my parents, on the opposite side of the city (Charlotte, NC) from the university I will attend in the fall.

There is no express route bus from my side of town to the univerity.

It takes 20 minutes to walk down a road to the bus stop, 40 minutes to get uptown, and 10 minutes to wait for the next bus to the university, which takes ~30 minutes to get to the university. 3 hours and 20 minutes round trip.

When, gee, I could just go on the highway to the university in 20 minutes.

Not driving sucks.

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

1 hour, 20 minutes each way.

Thankfully, that will only be twice a week this semester. The other five days, I've only got a five minute drive.