Traffic, traffic and more traffic!

I'm trying really hard not to complain.  But how can I not when all I do is sit in traffic.  For some reason, getting to work in the morning has been okay but it's getting home that's been a bear the last few days.  Now I do kind of go out of my way a bit which does add to my commute only because I don't want to pay $6.10 just to drive 2 miles.  Instead, I pay $1.00 to travel 5 miles out of the way which adds 15 minutes to my commute.  Oh and by the way, that's $6.10 in the evening.  That doesn't count the $6.10 I already paid in the morning.

So I don't know if people have spring fever and everyone is leaving work early or if it's construction of the metro or who knows what but I just can't seem to get home in less than 1 hour and I'm only 19 miles from work.  Yup.  Not 20, not 30, not 40 miles but 19.  How is this possible???