I've made a huge mistake.

Commuting on public transit is never really all that fun. It’s usually crowded and smelly and hot and slow and generally just all kinds of lame. But during the week before and the week after Christmas, it’s downright delightful.

The school kids are at home, the college kids are gone and everyone else takes time off work. This means the rest of us get to travel in luxury. A whole row of seats to myself! A window seat! Wide open aisles! Smiley bus drivers! Faster trips because you don’t have to make all the stops!

This is the life, man. I am living it.