Irrepressible Perserverence

I'll probably stick with the metro but I whimper at the time difference between metro and driving into work.  Maybe if I break down the good and bad for each, I'll see it's ultimately better to take metro...

Good for Metro:  I'm being environmentally good; I probably won't have to put any money towards metro for a few months due to vacation/furlough/cheaper fares; free shuttle bus, which is cutting my metro costs WAY down as I would have to spend $4.70 each day on parking (yes, that's more than the ride); my reading stays the same, if not grows because I'm reading while waiting for the shuttle.  (I finished one book yesterday and am already halfway through another.)

Bad for Metro:  I leave the apartment at 7:30 to make sure I'm there for the shuttle bus, get in around 8:45 - coming home, I get to Huntington around 5:45 but don't generally get home until 6-6:10.

So, generally the only really irksome thing is that if I drive, it's only 30 to 40 minutes tops.  Taking the metro, it's about an hour or a little over an hour, because I have to wait for the shuttle (seriously, I get to Huntington at around 5:45/5:50 but don't walk through the door until about 6:10/6:15 [some of that is getting mail/slow elevators/RIDICULOUSLY LONG HALLWAY, so.]).  I'll probably get used to it but it is a bit irritating - it doesn't help that I probably get there just after one of the shuttle buses has left. :P

It really is down to what I save money on, though, even if I'd like to be home sooner - I chewed through gas in the last week and I'm counting pennies so free shuttle service + racking up metro money due to furlough/vacation is the deal maker.

REALIZATION EDIT:  Oh.  Well.  If my calculations are correct (and there's a good chance they aren't ;) ), I won't have to put any money towards metro until many months after the New Year.  There goes any argument I'll have - I'll swallow the extra time commuting if it means nothing leaves my pockets for roughly half a year.  (It's because I'm carrying over so much and it just keeps snowballing.)