Suburban goodness, one quiet car at a time

I do not mind a long commute at all.  I don't even mind a long driving commute. Even in bad traffic. Cuz if it means a long time in the car by myself, that just means I get to listen to my shitty music longer really loud and sing along.

And if it's a long train or bus ride, that means more reading or knitting.  The down side to that though is the other people. Especially the loud ones. The ones who have stupid loud phone conversations, or worse, the ones listening to music without headphones. Gross.

But the Metra has a solution for that. The quiet cars. No talking, no music loud enough to be hear by others in your earphones, no kids, no noise at all. It is glorious.

I thought that I'd be super sad that they no longer have the bar car on the Rock Island Line (I'm still *sorta* sad, that bar car was fucking COOL) but the quiet car is my jam. (Not my lady jam, too loud for that)

So yeah, there are some good things about loving in suburbia. :)