the later I leave after 5, the longer my commute back home is, and this is logarithmic. If I leave at 5 I generally get home around 530. If I leave at 530 I get home at...640. I stayed 30 minutes after because I arrived 30 minutes after I usually come, to make up for time, but this ended up extending my day an extra hour.
if there were a direct bus from my neighborhood to kirkland, I'd pay $500 a month for it, but one doesn't exist. If I wanted to take public transit that's 3 separate busses, with 3 waits, and it takes 1.5 hours to get there and 1.5 back, in optimal conditions.
I wonder if I can regularly arrive a little earlier and leave earlier, which would optimize both commutes. That would require getting out of bed 30 minutes earlier, and that would require timeshifting my bedtime, something incredibly difficult to pull off as it means losing another hour of free time in the evening, free time I'm taking advantage of due to the long commute. sigh
