I've never had to commute to work before, I've always lived a 20-minute walk from whatever office I was working at. Until now.



I'm having to re-think my love of trains. And I'm wondering why anyone would ever live farther than a 20-minute walk from work, because the years of a lifetime spent commuting are the equivalent to years spent in hell. At least if the subway is crowded. Otherwise it's a kind of vaguely malign purgatory. I can't begin to imagine what it must be like to drive every day, sitting in traffic with no escape.



Maybe it's time for the husband and I to move.



I know, I'm a spoiled brat.



The Swedish word for the day is att skjutsa. It means to give a ride to.



- by Francis S.