I So Do Not Miss the After-work Commute

Had to meet up my team for a regular meeting.  It feels great to meet up in person, discuss work and personal stuff while having lunch, even stop a bit to check out a nice dress for sale. 

On the way home, there were very few buses for my route and lots of people waiting.

Walked a few kilometers in my wedges to the next bus stop to get ahead of the long lines.  Wedges are comfy but being a work at home person I'm used to flipflops or being barefoot all day so that hurts a bit.  Plus I couldn't find the next damn bus stop where I remember it from the last 2 decades.  So many metal gates enclosing the bus stops I couldn't find where I should be going.

I just wasn't used to it anymore since for the past 6 years, I 1) lived near the office and just walked to work, then  3 years ago, 2) I decided to work at home.

I have always been a great and aggressive commuter who didn't mind the hassles of commuting...  but now my "dainty sensibilities" are shocked at the commute home.  I'm turning into a softie.

I like not having to elbow through crowds each and every day at 6PM when I'm already tired.  I like not having to stand in a moving bus.  I like not having to be ever alert at the next person to stand so I can get a seat in the bus immediately.  I like that if I'm tired I get to nap on the sofa or the bed, instead of napping sitting up on a bus.

Heehee, whatev.  I love being a freelance online worker.  I love working under the rock.

Don't mind my whiny-baby softie ways.


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