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One and my friends and I happen to work in the same town about a half hour from home.  I have on a few occasions taken her to and from work, on days when her husband needs her car.  She emailed me last night to ask if I wanted to carpool on a regular basis, given the ever-rising cost of gas.  This simple question aroused in me an immediate, primal response…NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…hmmm….  I grew up a California girl.  Your car was your life.  You can’t get anywhere without one.  I have been an East Coast transplant since 1974, and have come to love public transportation, when it is available.  LOVE the T in Boston.  BUT I like to have my car available to me just in case.

The other issue is me.  I LOVE my drive time to and from work.  I listen to books on tape, I watch the seasons change the scenery of my commute, I breathe the smells of hayfields and horse farms.  I decompress.  And an essential requirement for this enjoyment is that I am alone.

I was proud of myself.  I emailed her back and told her that I wanted to have my car at work all the time, but that I would be happy to take her tomorrow.  A compromise.  Hopefully her feelings won’t be hurt and definitely I will continue to enjoy me quiet commutes.

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Happily married for a million years, Grammy, Mom and Mum-in-Law, kitties Sophie and Phoebe and best dog in the world Boo! Community theater actor and director. Happy library volunteer and amateur (translated to lover of) photographing nature. Avid reader (via Kindle on my iPhone) of fiction. In love with Midcoast Maine.

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  1. ragtopday says

    May 2, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    I can definitely relate. I treasure my time alone and I have my own “alone in the car” things in mind to do – catch up on podcasts, listen to the silence, think about something, or whatever. The pressure of having to carry on an actual conversation on a regular basis would do me in. Congratulations for holding on to that for yourself.

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  2. heidilou says

    May 3, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    I agree. I would hate to have to have to have a conversation with somebody every day to and from work.

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  3. Hope says

    May 4, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    Good girl,Lynna. You did the right thing. I would feel the same way and don’t have nearly the drive that you do. I like to leave when I want to and stop where I need to on the way home. Now and then it might work, but not every day.
    Hope

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