I'm a bit embarassed to admit this, but I think that posting about it will help. I'm nervous about my first commute!

I commuted 14 miles each way to work when I lived in NC. Then we moved here to OR and for the first 4 months, I've been commuting only 1.5 miles each way. Now that we've finally moved into our house, I've got an 18-19 mile commute. I start tomorrow. I'm nervous!

I'm trying to figure out what my problem is... There's a little apprehension about the route since I've not ridden it (though I have driven it, many times). I'm a little nervous about showering here at work. I've never done it and we don't have a locker room like we did at the last place. It's actually two showers in the back part of a bathroom (like an extra room added on to the back of it)...so it's a little odd. I'm also out of shape (relatively speaking), so I'm worried how exhausted I'll be at work during the day. I'm also convinced that I'll forget something. In my past commuting experience, I kept all my toilteries and spare underwear in a locker. I can't do that here, so I can't forget anything or I'm up a creek.

Ugh - please just tell me to HTFU, will you? Thanks.