I haven't been here in a while.

It's my birthday, I commuted, I almost got run over by a school bus.
I have a real bright light. Ask my father. He was coming the other direction one morning and made the point of telling me about how bright it is. It was the first thing he said when I saw him one night. It's a mounted LED flashlight with 4 brightness modes and two flash modes. It's super bright and I have yet to outrun it's beam. Even on some serious downhill rides. I've also had some drivers flick their lights at me. I make sure it's point up just enough to see ahead but not blinding. Anyway I ramble.

I get to Kings Mountain High and the buses are pulling out to go get their cattle. As I was pedalling by I see a bus come up to the road to turn left, into my lane. I slow, the bus doesn't and makes a wide turn into the oncoming lane. I swerve left all the way over into oncoming traffic (no cars) and yell a few choice words as I flash a certain finger into the ladies window. I was with in inches of her bus. She glances slightly and then floors it to get in front of me. Happy Birthday to me. Oh, and I was also getting sick and barely made it to work without passing out. Happy Birthday again. Thank God, I'm driving home. I feel like crud.