I’ve pretty much decided on taking the train. Starting on Monday, hopefully, I’ll be taking the train to work everyday. This way, I don’t have to deal with soaring gas prices ($1.85 per gallon), annoying rush hour traffic and a lack of sleep. How is waking up earlier to get on the train for a ride that will take longer going to help to remedy my lack of sleep? Well, it just so happens that I can sleep on the train, thank you; yet, more importantly then that I’ll be forced to go to bed earlier, consistently at 10:30. Now, the only thing that could possibly cause any kind of hindrance on this decision would be remoteness of the train stop from my apartment. If the stop is relatively close, there will be no problem. If it’s relatively far or in a ‘not-the-best’ neighborhood (seriously, this is shoe-stealin’ country out here), this may cause some problems.

As well, I’m thinking about purchasing a cheap bike (or a rocket sled) to use to get to baseball games this spring and summer. Sure it’ll be around one hundred degrees out, but it will still be better than having to drive back and forth in the traffic around my apartment…in one hundred degree weather. Not to mention, the ballpark is only one and half mile from my front door, so I just see this for practicality.

Lastly, this summer I’m going to look in to trading-in my truck for a car. Preferably one with great gas mileage. As it stands, I’m stuck driving around the metroplex (if you’re not familiar with the area it’s a 20.46 mile drive from Arlington to Dallas and a 33.21 mile drive from Fort Worth to Dallas. That’s quite a distance to drive every day, and with my current gas mileage right around twenty or so, I’m thinking I can find something a bit more fuel efficient and yet so badass. Quite honestly, I don’t know how people around here can drive the trucks that they do, unless they’re trying to win some kind of title for Most Gas Wasted in a Single Year. I’m not sure that would be such a proactive title to be given anyway.