Commuting – the lost opportunity

I have been commuting to work via commuter rail – 90 minutes each way – since we arrived back in Massachusetts in March. It is now the end of September and I am about to take my last ride and it now, belatedly, occurs to me that I have wasted those 3 hours each workday. Sure, I have done a lot of reading and there have even been occasions when I used the spotty WiFi service provided by the train to do some work. But I didn’t use the time to best advantage.

I should have been blogging.

This blog has become moribund. It is not because I don’t have anything interesting to say or can’t find the words. No, I simply haven’t been able to find the time. Those 3 hours spend commuting every day take their toll on a guy who wishes he was retired. When I get home at 7pm, then walk the dogs, eat dinner and catch up on the daily chores like paying bills – and, of course, keeping my fantasy baseball teams running smoothly – I am exhausted and usually fall asleep in the bunkhouse before 9pm. No time to blog.

But the train… No, my laptop doesn’t have a long battery life. But it should last at least 40 minutes. Long enough to blog. The spotty WiFi would not hinder the task – I would need it only to post. Instead I spent the time reading. Yes, I caught up on some good mysteries. But I neglected the blog.

So I have no excuses, dear readers – if any remain. I have missed my opportunity this summer. Sorry.