4th day of my new commute today, the last 3 days I've hit the school traffic every morning and each day I've left the house a little earlier to try and avoid it.
Today I succeeded, I left the house at 8am and had the nicest ride in to college so far, no worrying about inattentive parents driving into me, no weaving through cars to make my turnings, it was bliss. It does however mean I get to college really early, so I have more waiting around, but it was worth it for the calm I felt when I got in.
The ride home isn't too bad as I fall nicely between the school traffic and the work traffic so get the same more relaxed experience I had this morning.

I even had a nice White Van Man following me today, coming down the longest road I use I have a nice downhill followed by a flat stretch, I managed to hit 34 on the hill, and sustained about 28 on the flat, the van happily stayed behind me, and even when I finally lost momentum and slowed to about 15 he didn't pass despite me pulling right over to let him which meant I made my next right turn nicely. It was a good time.