How many of you live in St. Mary's and commute to D.C.?

[sockgirl77 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by RoseRed

Is this your new MPD?

actually, i did that so i could put him in any baby clubs or whatever but i'm not going to post with that. i'm not sketchy like that.

[Elle]

Originally Posted by sockgirl77

actually, i did that so i could put him in any baby clubs or whatever but i'm not going to post with that. i'm not sketchy like that.

I don't get it, you couldn't join under your normal name

[Hot N Bothered]

Originally Posted by sockgirl77

actually, i did that so i could put him in any baby clubs or whatever but i'm not going to post with that. i'm not sketchy like that.

baby clubs?

[RoseRed (Premo)]

Originally Posted by sockgirl77

actually, i did that so i could put him in any baby clubs or whatever but i'm not going to post with that. i'm not sketchy like that.

WTF is that supposed to mean?

[sockgirl77 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by tys_mommy

I don't get it, you couldn't join under your normal name

listen, i'm bored as hell at work. i'm looking for new things to do. all i do once i get off of work is be a mommy. it's my favorite thing in the world, but it would be nice to find other stuff to do. damn, can i spend one day in here without everyone jumping on my back. all i do is chat nicely and try to find info. oh and sometimes, i try to find things to do with my son.

[SamSpade]

Originally Posted by jlabsher

If I knew now what the commute entailed I would have stayed put and had a better life for my family. I realized yesterday that I spend more time on the bus than with my kids, get up at 4 AM daily, but would never drive it myself.

Consider yourself blessed. My commute is probably similar to yours - Hollywood to Suitland. Get up every day at 4, take the bus in.

BUT! When I lived in Montgomery County, the time of my commute was only half that. It STILL took me anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour to get to work. I lived in lower Calvert County, and my commute time extended another 30 minutes for a drive that was more than twice as far. I always thought it was funny that distance/time wise, the last four miles of my trip were the least 'efficient'.

If you live in most parts of Northern Virginia, forget about it. You'll take an hour into work MINIMUM.

So for the cost of perhaps a whole hour every day, you get to live out in the country in a nice home. I think it's a bargain.

[Elle]

Originally Posted by sockgirl77

listen, i'm bored as hell at work. i'm looking for new things to do. all i do once i get off of work is be a mommy. it's my favorite thing in the world, but it would be nice to find other stuff to do. damn, can i spend one day in here without everyone jumping on my back. all i do is chat nicely and try to find info. oh and sometimes, i try to find things to do with my son.

And again you can't find things to do as yourself you have to create a new "clever" id to find things to do

[RoseRed (Premo)]

Originally Posted by sockgirl77

listen, i'm bored as hell at work. i'm looking for new things to do. all i do once i get off of work is be a mommy. it's my favorite thing in the world, but it would be nice to find other stuff to do. damn, can i spend one day in here without everyone jumping on my back. all i do is chat nicely and try to find info. oh and sometimes, i try to find things to do with my son.

You still didn't answer the question.

[Hot N Bothered]

Originally Posted by sockgirl77

listen, i'm bored as hell at work. i'm looking for new things to do. all i do once i get off of work is be a mommy. it's my favorite thing in the world, but it would be nice to find other stuff to do. damn, can i spend one day in here without everyone jumping on my back. all i do is chat nicely and try to find info. oh and sometimes, i try to find things to do with my son.

No one is jumping on you. We are all just confused about why you felt the need to create an ID for your son, who is not really on the forums, he's just a baby, right?

[alex]

I did that commute for 13 years. Constantly looking for jobs closer to home - on the base, etc. But as stated, the salary cut even without the cost of commuting was pretty big. It wasn't until I was laid off that I was able to find a local job. I know I was very lucky because I am the 2nd income for our family and not the primary. If that was the case I would have been looking for a job back in DC.

To get jobs with a lot of the base companies require previous knowledge or experience of how DOD works, their forms, etc. If you don't have that or know someone who can get you in to a firm forget about it.

If we didn't have so many commuters why did they need to expand the bus service to California? I agree, all the BOCC members need to commute for about 1 month to DC just to understand the traffic nightmare it is even on good days.