I’m starting to figure out Granite City’s traffic pattern. It’s so simple I should have figured it out a month ago. The most frustrating part of my drive is the first third or so of it, and only in the morning. When I go home for lunch, it’s ok. Well, it happens that the first third of the drive is to Granite City State University. Everyone is rushing to morning classes. That makes me wonder what traffic will be like this summer when classes are out. My guess is I can push my leaving time back by at least 5 minutes (it’s currently about a 15 minute drive). That means 5 extra minutes of sleep!!!!!