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turn lemons into lemonade

Not sure if i've told you yet, but my least favorite part of work (by far) is the commute. I'm figuring out the best way to get here and home without becoming too frustrated.... It's not a good way to start out my day

But i've been thinking about it and thinking of ways to make it better.

This morning I incorporated music. I heard from my friend kel about this christmas album on target for free. not sure how long it's there or anything, but it let me add some modern christmas music. which is awesome.

i got on a full bus so i stood. but it was a comfortable standing. i wasn't smushed. and i was positioned so i got a lake view the entire ride, which i always appreciate. traffic was awful...to say the least. but i had my own little party going. i had the lake view, i was warm, and i was doin a little dancin.

then it was time to transfer. i just missed the bus at transfer point #1 so i decided to get on the el and hope i'd catch it down the road. so i walked very very quickly. while i'm on the bus i always tell myself there's nothing i can do, but while walking, that's a completely different story. so i thought of it like a race. i was the first to take off when the stop light turned to walk and i wouldn't let anyone pass me. Here I was speed walking in frigid temps, but happy i'm in the city. I didn't have a hat, which is stupid, but i don't want staticy hair all day...

it paid off.
i ran down the stairs at the el while it said "doors closing" and hopped right in.

then i got to bus transfer #2. bus tracker said 10 min, which was a bummer, but what do you know a bus decided to come anyway! yippee skippee! I said 'thank you God' out loud, but no one heard me with their headphones in.

and i got here right on time.

and the kicker. half the office was super late because there were apparently fires in an el station and several ones were way way delayed AND there was an accident on lake shore drive.

man oh man i guess i was lucky!

and it was the least stressful commute i've had so far...

makin it work.

HELLO LEMONADE!
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