I got a taste of the potential commute for my job yesterday. As my office will be moving to New Jersey sometime within the next couple of months, walking to work will no longer be an option for me. Right now, it takes me 25 minutes to walk to the office, ironically 25 minutes via bus or subway, too. My commute to Jersey City would entail 2 trains and a bus to get to the building, racking up 1 hour each way and about $1,800 of commuting costs each year. I could also take the ferry which would be faster but more expensive. I am really not looking forward to that, at all.

Nevertheless, I went out there yesterday to take care of some issues regarding this database that is now taking over my life. I am starting to wonder if I should change my title to database specialist! The good thing about all of this is that I got some quality reading time in on the trains, buses and boats I was on yesterday. I should be finished with the Book Club book in time.

On a knitting note, I figured out what stitch pattern I want to do my for my scarf. After trying about 7or 8 different possibilities, I found a pattern in my favorite book, Vogue Knitting on the Go: Vintage Knits. IT is actually a pattern for a shawl that I am adpting to a narrower scarf. It has just a hint of laciness which is really what I wanted.