on traffic

I thought it would make me crazy and angry but commuting to LA every day has not been terrible. Granted I do hate the ring of the alarm at four thirty every morning, but this ensures I will not hit too much traffic... and if I do, I will still be on time. I arrive 1.5 h before the building unlocks and 2.5 h before I have to start teaching. Sometimes I sleep in my car, sometimes I go for a walk, sometimes I talk on the phone, every time I text somebody, sometimes I tidy up my car, sometimes I grade, sometimes I just sit there, sometimes I dare the squirrel to jump to the next telephone wire, sometimes I listen to this american life, sometimes I make dogs bark... granted, it is probably the most time I have ever wasted in my life... between the driving and the waiting but at least it hasn't made me a bitter, raging fool...