lightning bugs

Tonight I walked home from the library.  It was dark already.  It was 8:45 but it was dark & warm & nice for walking.  As I walked home I could hear the sounds of college kids screaming in the distance & having a good time.  I was all alone on the dark sidewalk, contemplating how the day went and enjoying my walk when a lightening bug flew in front of me and flashed its little lights at me.  It was weird, thinking I was alone, and then getting surprised by the little bug.  I guess he (it looked like a 'he' bug to me, but I'm no professional) was telling me to get used to the idea of losing virtually all of my alone time.  While here in Mississippi I will spend hours with middle schoolers everyday and then come home and hang out with Aaron & then I'll go to sleep and then start it all over again the next day.  It's a good thing I like hanging around Aaron all the time.  It's funny that when I was little I spent hours and hours alone everyday (and hated it) & now it's the other way around.  I enjoy being with people (people I like), it just takes a lot of energy out of me. I like the lightening bugs in Mississippi.  They're the kind of thing I wish was around when I was a kid.

pluses:
+ I'm not nearly as tired today as I thought I would be from the 14 hour day.
+ I passed the first CPR test!
minuses:
- There's only one kid enrolled in our sumer school class so far. I was really looking forward to getting some actual classroom experience (with actual studentS).