Awake?

While standing at the bus stop today, I was looking up the hill, the opposite way from which the bus approaches, at the line of cars (now a regular morning thing due to construction on Rt. 28) turning into the school. I must have zoned out because suddenly the bus was there, door open, and the driver was looking at me over his glasses.

Speaking of the driver, I had never seen him before. He was not one of our three regulars. The bus was empty when I got on, which, if memory serves, has never been the case before. I walked to my regular seat wondering if my alarm would go off any second now, and I would wake up in bed.

The bus went several stops before anyone else got on. Another regular walked back to her seat. I managed a “Good morning”, but she didn’t respond, which only added to the feeling that I was actually still asleep.

Must have been the long weekend.