IT'S GETTING COLD OUTSIDE.

It rained on and off yesterday.

Not hard rain, just drizzles and spurts.

There was a cool wind that started to turn cold.

I worked a double, but it was OK,
not a lot of boarders so I got to spend more one on one time with the dogs

and a big sweet black diabetic cat.

Just a slow day.

Sometimes a person needs that.

A day to take it slow and catch your breath.

I couldn't leave early because of the diabetic cat. His insulin needed to be spaced out.

So when I left work, it was dark and windy.

There was a light rain.
Leaves were swirling a bit but then as it rained more, they would stick to the pavement and make it slick.

I'm glad there wasn't much traffic because I really had to concentrate on the black wet road.

It did seem magical, driving through the night and over the government bridge.

The clanging of metal against metal as I crossed it. The rhythm of it, like a song.

Rolling towards home.

I've been unhappy with my hometown but last night I had glimpses of what I used to like about it.

I liked the song on my radio and I felt peaceful as my vehicle came down road from the bridge into my city.

To the left of me is the renovated building that used to be the Illinois Electric Company.
Now it's pretty, and made into upscale apartments.

Ahead of me I  could see the cars at the stoplight. I'm always cautious at that stoplight because I've seen semi trucks take wide turns into the side lanes before.

Right on clue a huge semi rounded the corner and swung way into the lane.

It barely missed the cars at the light and I think that was because they quickly steered to the right.

The truck driver must have seen how close he came to clipping them because as if in slow motion, I could see him turn hard out of the wide curve he had made.
But that caused him to slide for a moment on the wet pavement towards me.
The side of the truck cab and the huge double tires were right there, in my peripheral vision.

It was just a moment.

A quick instant and he was past me.

I let out my breathe, I hadn't really realized I had been holding it.
Really, my only thought was - I hope this doesn't hurt.