New job, new commute. It's not a roughly 6-mile-roundtrip from one part of Newton to the other, and I've made the unpleasant discovery of the roads near Newton Center. Not sure how to describe them -- they're like, large "plates" or squares of concrete, two-wide (lane-sized), and then asphalt filling in between them and on the shoulder. But they're, um, they're not very good roads.

Commute in: bright, sunny, hot and humid. Makes me contemplate a camelbak for the summer. Lots of minor rolly ups-and-downs between me and my destination, not used to that, left knee decided to scream a loud hello in protest.

Commute back: dark. Foggy, humid, cooler. Feels faster, maybe it's more downhill that way? Or maybe just because the streets were deserted and I practiced my dances-with-intersections routine with more confidence. (still not too confident on the roads, I'm a little afraid of four-way intersections, especially ones with turning lanes).