Cereal Monogamist

My Commuted Sentence

Commuted sentence: the reduction of a penalty to make it less severe

Jeremy is working a short overtime shift today, and I drove him there this morning. We passed by campus to get there, and, as I've done every time I've driven to campus since we moved, I marveled at how short the drive is now.

For people who might not understand the magnitude of the change, I've provided some helpful screenshots.

Here is my old drive from Chagrin Falls. Note the absence of freeways between the old apartment and campus; it was residential or city streets the whole way. Also note Google's calculated drive time, 35 minutes. Yeah, by air maybe.

Now look at the new drive. Of course, this map is magnified, compared to the other. Google suggests a drive time of 7 minutes, which is accurate, red lights notwithstanding.

For a comparison, look at this map; it's the original route from the 'burbs, with my new address indicated by the red arrow.

Yeah. IT'S NICE.