Ottawa Part II

It is safe to say that enough time has passed by since I went to Ottawa that I can write the second half of my story without stress. Yes, I said stress and it all started with the rental of the car. Not for the reasons as I outlined in part I, but for very different reasons. You see I rented the car on a Thursday night. I still had to work a partial day on the Friday and then was going to leave for Ottawa right after lunch. Meaning, I was going to drive the car to work instead of taking the usual bus, metro, metro, bus. Well, let me tell you how absolutely fabulous that was. I left my house a whole half hour later than normal and still managed to arrive at work 15 minutes earlier. Translation: it only took me 25 minutes to get to work. Ok, so it was Friday morning traffic, which for some reason is always lighter than normal, but even if you were to add on an extra 10 or 15 more minutes, it is still over 30 minutes quicker than my transit routine. SO as you can imagine I stressed over this. FOR DAYS. It was all I could think about.

How could I afford a car? I reworked my budget, I started looking online. I decided that I could do it, I could get a car. Not buy a car, but lease a car over four years. I narrowed down my selections to three vehicles. I obsessed! Then I came to the slow realisation that while a car would be a luxury I have lived without for over 5 years, I could continue to live without out it for at least one more. It seems the adult in me is overpowering the child and getting a *gasp mortgage seems to overrule driving around the city in comfort and style. Lucky for all of you! As it means my Blog remains, and the transit stories continue.

So as you can imagine I was pretty jaded for awhile, hence my lack of submissions. But I am back in true form, car dreams behind me and ready for that bus! I think.

Oh, and Ottawa. You should go. Really.