[covingtoncat73]

I had an interesting trip home last night. I'm not really complaining because it was an adventure that ended well.

I biked and bused to work. The reasons I do that, instead of just biking the whole way are the fact the bike is a bit of a clunky cruiser and I am not a strong cyclist. Doing part of it on the bus doesn't save me much time but it gets me past the more dangerous parts to bike.

Why don't I just walk to and from the bus? It is about 1/2 mile from my house to the bus and just under a mile (through the park) from the bus to work. I don't object to walking but I walk slowly and I can't really get to the bus home quickly enough and, when I walk, have to wait for the next one. It is every hard to make it to that bus by bike.

Anyway, several things happened to enliven said trip home. I left my phone charging in my office at work, the tires on my bike were slightly low (making it a little hard to "push"), and I missed the bus by *this much*.

I had several options at this point. I didn't realize I didn't have my phone until I was on the other side of the park, or I might have gone back to get it. However, at that time of night, security might have locked the outside doors, which I don't have a key to. I could have gone to the coffee house in the park and begged for a phone to call my mother but I made a different choice.

I knew I could probably get home in about the same amount of time with biking alone as I could with biking and busing, so I went for it. If any of you have heard news stories about the City of the Drowned Crescent Moon, you know we have crime here, so I was a little nervous but not too much, even though I did have to bike through a somewhat rough area. Anyway, I made it home safe despite biking in the dark and the prevalence of crime in NOLA. I feel that is an accomplishment.