A Later Bus and a Little Math

The 6:20 bus has become a bit of a burden. I really like getting to the office early so I can have a little bit of time to myself to get the day planned but that has been less and less of a perceived benefit with each early morning ride. Getting up that early hasn't been all that fun and unless I get up really early I can't help with the morning routine for the dogs so I decided to give the 7:05 a try this morning. What a difference that start time makes! I had time to press a shirt, pack my lunch, brew my coffee AND spend some time with the dogs. And this bus doesn't go deep into downtown so I get to the office by 7:45. This later start worked very well and may turn out to be my regular bus on mornings when I don't have a 7:30 meeting.

So what's with this talk about math on a Thursday morning? I was trying to determine the most cost-effective solution for my monthly bus adventures as my 10 ticket pass was used up. At a minimum I am able to take the bus two days a week so that's 8 days a month or 16 trips. A bus isn't like an airline - you buy a one-way ticket to your destination and another one-way ticket to get back home. I could continue to buy 10 trip tickets at $16.50 each but because I can get a discounted monthly bus pass at work for $28 I opted to go that route. Today $28 will buy me about 8.5 gallons of gas and I can't get to and from work 8 times on 8.5 gallons of gas so this arrangement makes a lot of sense. I guess that's not much math but just enough to continue to make the point to me that riding the bus makes a lot of sense. Give it a try!