Why do I live in Boston? Without getting into details, I spent 2+ hours on the road tonight, caught in mind-bendingly bad traffic (dueling accidents on rt 93), which delayed me so badly, I was never able to get to my destination on time.
photo from dahveed76 on flickr
To make matters worse, while trying to re-route myself to get out of the jam, I got caught confused in that vortex of an area where up is down and north is south simultaneously (if you are from here, you know where I mean), and got even further off track…reversing direction four times before finally putting myself in the right direction. As a man, and one that is pretty good with directions, this was particularly frustrating. However, there is this magical area in the near the vicinity of 128/95/93 that can completely spin you around and leave you helpless if you come in a little further north or south than you think. Tonight, these roads beat me. Badly.
Oh yeah, and it was 5 degrees here this morning for the second day in a row.
photo from Keith Emmerich on flickr
But for some reason, when I finally made it over the Tobin bridge on my way back home, the skyline made me feel alright.
photo from ReneS on flickr
I guess I’ll stay here for now.
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