Anyone that works commutes to some extent and that hurried transit is the bane of most workers' basic daily routine. The pain is different for everyone whether it be the traffic, taking kids to school, finding parking, remembering all the crap you need to bring, or just knowing that your destination is work.

One might suggest that I should have little to complain about in my commute. Relatively speaking, I could agree but I still have my battles. My current one is figuring out how to get all my personal effects up the stairs to my workstation on the second floor. After all I bring a lot of stuff with me to work:

• 1 litre water bottle
• eCig (with extra juice)
• A can of AMP
• My pedometer (to see how truly stagnant I'm becoming)
• Cell phone
• FNS .40
• Occassionaly my 13" MacBook Pro and power cable (if I had it downstairs the night before)

After seven business days, I think I finally have it figured out where I can meet my goal of making only a single trip up the stairs. My solution is almost counter-intuitive though.

Many have joked with me since I've embarked on this journey of working from home that I don't need pants. Their argument being my video chats only show me from the waist up. They're wrong though. My pants are my briefcase. I carefully lay them out on the kitchen table each more, then pile on all the crap I want to take to work, wrap up the legs and perimeter edges of the fabric, and sling it over my shoulder for my commute.

With that behind me, I need to see about reducing the kitten traffic congestion.