I'm not too crazy about people invading my personal space on the bus, so I always find it strange that people don't mind sitting ass to ass or on top of one another.

Whenever I get a window seat, I always cringe when I think someone larger than me is going to squish down beside me. I like to have a gap between our legs! Okay, I understand if there is going to be a brushing of the thighs, but I really don't like someone's arm resting on me.

Yesterday, this older, bigger woman sat on me as she sat down in the seat. She was wearing way too much old woman, powdery perfume, and then she pulled out her book to read. I was uncomfortably mashed up against the window. If I sat up straight, I was squished right beside her. I don't think she raised the armrest so her buttcheek could hang off the seat a little. GRR! This has been my *most* uncomfortable ride to date.

Luckily, whenever the bus made a really wide turn in the correct direction, I was able to shuffle over the millimeters of space I could recover. But still...

And the fall temperatures are really starting to set in. It seems like tights and boots and skirts are in for the fall. I have resisted my junior high trends all along. But the tights are tempting since it's a short walk from the bus stop to my destination. But I just feel so wrong going back to the fashions I wore in my early teens. And I am liking a lot of the ankle boots I see!