Public Transit Phobia

So Tomorrow I have to go to an Orthodontist appointment in Salinas. It's at 2:30pm and is an hour long, and an order for me to get there in time I have to catch a bus here at 11:30am and take 3 buses there. That doesn't bother me too much. My problem is when I have to come back, it'll already be getting dark. I don't know why but I've got this thing about riding buses at night. The idea scares the crap outta me, I always think some shady character is going to be on my bus and shank me. and then I have to remind myself that I'm just getting the subway mixed up with a bus.