Kevin ([info]kworces) wrote,
@ 2007-05-25 21:15:00
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First week
Well, this is the end of the first week at the new job. Obviously I can't share much. Though there are two observations I can discuss.

1) The commute is not fun. On the way home it's around 45+ minutes. It's pretty consistent no matter when I leave (any time between 4pm and 7pm). Definitely longer than before, but it's tollerable. On the way in, it's a different matter. If I leave at 6:40, it takes about 25 minutes. If I leave fifteen minutes later it takes nearly an hour and a half (87/101 is crazy like that). Fortunately there's a shuttle stop near my place, so I'm thinking of checking that out next week. If nothing else it'll save me 2-4 gallons of gas per round trip.

2) The variety and quality of the food is great. Which can be a mixed blessing if you're trying to lose weight (as I am). The upside is, it's pretty easy to differentiate between the stuff that's good for you and the stuff that's bad for you; and the stuff that's good for you still tastes great. I had two lunches this week without any meat, and both were delicious.

But I'm not sure I can resist the pulled pork sandwich next time I see it on the menu...



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[info]xsg
2007-05-26 06:42 am UTC (link)
Yeah. My diet was going well until Google came along.

Part of the reason you're spending so long commuting is probably the lack of the ability to use the carpool lane.

So... find out if there's a carpool in your area! There's an internal location to find out.

Or there's the 85 shuttle. When I pick it up, I pick it up at Good Samaritan, and the commute in at 7:20am takes about a half-hour from there. The commute in at 8:50am takes about forty minutes. The outbound shuttles seem to take about ten minutes less time, for some reason.

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[info]kworces
2007-05-26 04:05 pm UTC (link)
The thing that concerns me about carpool is lack of flexibility. The upside of the shuttle is it runs at a couple different times. It's a few hours difference between them, but it's an option.

How is the wireless access on the 85 shuttle? Good enough for email and some light browsing... or is it really spotty?

Diet went okay the first week. I lost around 2 pounds.

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[info]xsg
2007-05-27 01:02 am UTC (link)
Good job!

The network's fine for some e-mail and browsing. I wouldn't recommend trying to stream media...

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