Swerving, Cutting, and Speeding

Walking to and from class is just chaotic.  I have 10 minutes in between 4 consecutive classes on Mondays and 5 on Wednesdays.

I start my day off at Helaman Halls.  From there I travel up a hill to my first class.  This class is held in a huge auditorium with about 400 students.  Thankfully I always get a seat close to the door or else I would be even more pressed for time.  From this class I have 10 minutes to speed walk to the other end of campus (see blue arrow).

With no traffic I could get there easily in 3 or 4 minutes but with thousands of students on the sidewalk it is hard to hurry and not cut people off in the process.

To all those who I cut off while walking- I'm sorry.  I promise I don't do it on purpose or to spite you.

Lately I've been trying to check over my shoulder before I pass some incredibly slow person but I feel funny checking my "blind spot" every time I move into oncoming traffic, because I move frequently.

Naturally I walk at a fast pace.  I think it's because I had to learn to keep up with my dads pace.  So yes I walk fast. But to get to my noon class I have to walk faster so I don't come in late and miss some of the lecture.  If there were speeding tickets for pedestrians I would probably be a frequent visitor at traffic school.

I got a sense of how other people feel when I speed in front and cut them off.  Yesterday I was innocently walking along when some girl came out of nowhere, cut me off,

                                                and started to

                                                        swerve in front of me. 

                                                                She was texting but even that

                                                                           couldn't have caused her to

                                                                swerve this bad.

                                                        I swear she had eyes in

                                                 the back of her head to

                                                                see where I was so she

                                                                        could swerve some more. 

I don't know if she was doing it on purpose or on accident but it was annoying.  Maybe I cut her off without knowing it and she was getting her revenge.  I promise I don't mean to start sidewalk rage.

I think I should stop cutting people off.