What a night!

So, I ended up staying at school until almost 730pm tonight. I just got into my work and I didn't leave. When I realized what time it was, I jumped up and ran out to catch the bus. Well, I missed the bus by about 20 sec. Had I started jogging once I left my building I would have caught it, but I didn't start until I had already walked a distance. I was so close to the bus I could smell the exhaust. I decided I would jog to the next stop, then the next, then the next, until I saw the bus coming. So, I took off, running along the snowy sidewalks. As I ran, I remembered that late at night the buses come every 30 minutes; during the day, they come every 15. I thought, it takes me 45 minutes to walk to school, so if I run, it will probably take me no more than 30 minutes. That would have meant that by the time I got home the bus would be at the stop where I missed the bus...so off I ran. At one point, I had to cross a busy street, so I stopped to make sure that I could make it across safely in the dark. As I did, I looked up. WOW, one can see so many stars. I realized that I hadn't been outside in a situation to see the sky in the dark since I had moved here. So I never noticed how many stars someone could see out here in Western Mass. We haven't seen the sun for several days now, but tonight is the final clearing before a decent storm moves in so it was gorgeous. So, I'm really glad I chose to run. (I can't wait for this one...could be pretty big!) Oh, and if you were wondering, I made it home and was almost done cooking my dinner when the bus, that I would have been on had I waited, when speeding by. :) Good choice all around!