What a difference a year makes

So yesterday I stopped in at my old job to pick up the Bills-Dolphins tickets from my old co-worker. I realized when I showed up there that I used to drive that ridiculous distance every day... now I see why people thought I was nuts for still living in the city, but things have corrected themselves, so we're good.

But that wasn't my point, actually... what I also noticed was that I used to show up there in a shirt, tie, dress pants and leather shoes. Yesterday I arrived in jeans and a gold shirt, wearing running shoes (I can get away with that now, as I'm wearing steel toes almost all day, so when I don't have to, I wear something comfortable). Now the jeans are mostly due to being at site, but just the idea of even being there so casually dressed felt a bit awkward.

And it also reminded me why it feels oh so good to be elsewhere on a daily basis... :)