A day, that is.

Both to and from work on the PSTA 300X, a commuter bus that drops me off across the street from my new office in downtown Tampa.

Sure, it has been an big adjustment. I mean, I have gone from having a 15-minute commute where I drove to an hour each way in the plush comfort of the bus. Fortunately for me, I have a few advantages riding the bus over driving myself downtown.

• I don’t have to sit in traffic and grit my teeth
• I don’t have to burn my gas
• I don’t have to rent a parking spot near my office
• And, I get to spend the time I would have been driving doing some reading.

Yes, the bus comes complete with WiFi, and my iPad allows me to do a little reading before I get to work. For instance, I can check in on social media, answer some e-mails and even draft a letter or two before I get to the office.

I also get to download and read the electronic editions of the woodworking magazines I subscribe to. Where before I had to set time aside to get to those magazines, now, I load them up on the iPad and I’m in woodworking heaven.

I also have a lot of time to peruse the products the woodworking stores have online to see what I need to acquire next to help out the shop. Sure, I don’t need many more tools, but it never hurts to think ahead and develop a wish list.

And, finally, I have some time to just sit and think. With my travel coffee mug in one hand, I can think about what I want to accomplish in the shop by the end of the day and what the next steps are in my latest woodworking project.

I just have to remember to look for my stop!