missing the bus

Yesterday I stayed late at work, and so was particularly eager to get home and start studying for those looming midterms.  My normal bus, the 1, passed right in front of me and left the stop before I could get there.  Feeling antsy, I decided to walk down to the depot on Commerce and take it from there.  As I approached I crossed the street--to watch it pull away without me, on the wrong side and to far too flag it down.  I wound up catching the 11, the first bus that came that would go near UPS.  Once on board, I realized how much I appreciate being able to zone out and let someone else handle the road.  We went through neighborhoods of Tacoma I don't normally see and passed a pub a friend had mentioned in conversation; it renewed a desire to just jump on a random bus one day and see where it goes (especially now that I can do it for free).

Jennifer, student