^^^ Right, I've always thought of "commuting" as "going to work." There also isn't much choice about whether you do it or not, at least not among us worker bees -- we have to go even if we don't want to. We can't just say, "Oh, I think I'll stop by the office for a bit, and then go catch a matinee."

OP, look at it this way -- you don't have to commute at all.