Lately, the temperature has broken the 90° mark, and people are sweltering outside. If I had still been commuting to the city, I'd feel as if I needed to take a shower to feel fresh when I got to work. Even though I went to the City this past Monday, it is not something I'd want to do every day anymore.
There was a time where I would have been glad to put up with the headaches of commuting. Not anymore. If I can't get to work with a short drive, I don't want to consider the job. I no longer need the money, and work is only something to keep myself busy. Although I will do some volunteer work now and then, I would prefer to get a job that pays me - people care more for a person's work when they have to pay for it. People don't care much for things that have not been assigned a specific value, and "Free" is something that is rarely valued.
And this leads me to think about the current day....
RQS and I have each been thinking about buying new mattresses. My mattress has a sagging middle, while RQS's mattress has edges that no longer provide adequate support. Too bad we couldn't combine our bad mattresses to make one good one. Due to the weather, we won't be doing any mattress shopping until autumn, as both of us want to look at the Saatva mattress in their NYC showroom. This will be an excuse for the two of us to take the subway into Manhattan, and explore the city a little bit.
In cooler weather, I'd feel no problem in going to RQS's place. But when Summer comes, traffic gets fouled up even more the closer I get to RQS's apartment. It seems that the combination of commuter traffic, stadium traffic, and airport bound traffic brings all the roads I want to use to a stand still when the weather gets warm. RQS and I have an agreement - she takes the train up to see me during the summer, and I will drive down to her place during the cooler weather. So far, this has worked out well for us. It's too bad that we don't live closer to each other. But this can be changed at some future date.
If I were still working in the city, I'd leave my car in Croton for weekends and stay at RQS's during the week. Although my commute would likely have taken the same amount of time as taking the train from Croton, I'd have had the benefit of being with RQS all the time. Since I am no longer working, I have to think about the day that I will no longer be able to drive. At that time, I want to live in a place where both RQS and I will be able to get around without the need for a car. If only such places were easy to find....
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