Once, twice, 3 times for "Lady"

While walking home for lunch today, I stopped at an intersection with a 'Don't Walk' sign lit up and noticed a lady on the other side of the street carrying what appeared to be a large canvas (Also, it was windy. Canvases and wind are not besties. They just aren't).

Suddenly, for no good reason, "Lady" takes off running into traffic with her canvas in tow. After making it to the middle of the first lane and almost being clipped by a car, she sprints back to the safety of the sidewalk. This experience would probably make most of us feel dumb and just wait for the light to turn so we can just safely cross the road.

Not our Lady, she is a fighter!

Attempt number two gets her and her magic canvas (yes, I have now decided it is a magic canvas - capable of bestowing unnecessary bravery to the swift) to the end of lane 1 - just as she is about to enter lane 2, a car swerves to avoid her, sending her back to her sidewalk perch.

Ok, so after 2 failed attempts to cross the street, and 2 near-collisions with oncoming traffic, I would throw in the towel. I would look to the sky and exclaim "You win universe, I'll wait for the light to change".  I apparently have a very different thought process than Lady.

Suddenly, Lady starts jumping back and forth and building momentum on her sidewalk perch.
It's. Officially. On. Bitches.

With one last ditch effort to get to her destination a whole minute faster by not obeying the rules of the traffic light crosswalk, she takes off again. Unfortunately so did a city bus...If not for those energizing jumps on the sidewalk, she may not have had the speed and flexibility required to avoid the bus on the way back to the sidewalk.

30 seconds later, the light turned green, our side of the street could cross safely and Lady and her (magic) canvas were back on their way.

Lesson: Why not just wait for the light to turn? I patently waited and was rewarded with a free show.
But seriously, don't run out in traffic. Unless you have a magic canvas.