Early Session Commute
I like to stay up late at night and sleep late in the morning. (See Night Owl)
But of course I couldn’t indulge those preferences during all my years working at a school, especially the semesters I was on early session and had to punch a time clock at the ungodly hour of 7:40.
But then I had my morning routine down to a science – I’d set my alarm for 6:15 hit the snooze button until 6:30, wash and dress by 7:00, down a protein shake and get to my car by 7:20. Then with my tea in a paper cup I’d drive to work during the infamous New York morning rush hour. (See Going Back to Work)
But I live on Manhattan’s upper eastside and the school where I worked was in the Bronx, and so if you know New York geography you know I’d be driving against the traffic. I’d zip along in a northbound lane while those poor souls heading south in rush hour traffic crawled along at a snail’s pace!
Not surprisingly I much preferred the semesters I was on late session and could get a little more sleep in the mornings. But I must say on my early session commutes seeing the sun rise over the city was a rush hour treat!
– Dana Susan Lehrman
