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I hop in my yellow Ford F-150 usually by 8:30. I'm not a morning person, but I don't like to arrive after 9:00. I eat my Dark Chocolate and Almonds Fiber Plus Antioxidants bar during the first 4 minutes which are on hilly, windy suburban roads, except the last 40 seconds which are on a boulevard. By then I'm at the convenience store, where I stop and fill my insulated mug for $0.97 including tax. I try to pay with $1.02 when possible so I get a nickel in change. I glance at the headlines in the news paper out the door.
The next 3 minutes are another boulevard in a mad dash to get to the interstate. Once on the interstate I work to get into the far left lane. I don't have a radio in my truck, and tend to focus heavily on driving. 12 minutes later I'm pulling off the interstate. From the interstate it is another 5 minute drive either through or on the edge of an old urban neighborhood to my parking spot, then another 4-7 minute walk to one of my two offices.
Going home is usually between 6:30 and 8:00, after the traffic has died down. Again, no radio, and obsessing over the details of the drive home. Often will stop at the grocery store on the way home.
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