You Can't Get There From Here...
Since the spring it's been nearly impossible to get from one end
of my town to the other without encountering a road block. Today road x
is closed; tomorrow avenue Y is only one lane. Now my town is small; less
than 3 square miles. (Which is why I was able to walk every street in
town over the summer:
https://bfthsboringblog.blogspot.com/2017/08/walking-my-town.html)
With traffic and construction getting from my end of town (and I do live
on the far east side) to the other, which is less than two miles, can take 10
minutes!
It's mostly the result of
PSE&G digging up and replacing gas lines. And while I am grateful
that they are doing this important work (Believe me I am! No more
exploding manholes!), the process is driving me crazy. (And I'm pretty
sure that I'm not the only one.)
Of course my town is not the
only town that PSE&G is doing their work. They've been diligently
working in towns all around me. Which makes it all the more difficult to
get from home to work. Its bad enough I have to deal with Route 3 (a
total nightmare as anyone who takes it on a weekday will attest), but every day
it's a new challenge to figure out how to get to the highway!
On the way home at night it's
another challenge. Roads that were closed during the day MIGHT now be open.
Other roads might now be closed. Do I get off at this exit and try
to figure out which roads to take? Or do I wait it out and go further and
hope that the bridge is open to traffic again. (Spoiler: I tried the other night; the bridge is NOT open.)
If I looked at the bright side
(which I SHOULD do, but don't do enough), I'd say that I'm learning all sorts
of new things about the roads and towns around me. I can now zig and zag
to get from one point to another. As straight line is not always the
fastest way to get to a destination. (Of course there is no fast way.)
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