OK, did my second commute tonight. My husband bought me the MiNewt light and it made a BIG difference. Also, I didn't realize my headlamp was adjustable; you can point it down to the ground, almost parallel. So, I did wear my bike shoes to the station and brought a pair to change into. I didn't have to leave them in my pannier because they fit nicely into my smaller backpack I had for my books. I stuffed that and my purse in the pannier and just took them out when I got to the station. I hooked my helmet to my Timbuktu purse, which was clanging around all day, but, it worked.
So... all was well when I set off to go home. I took an earlier train and there were definitely more cars out. Just when I got out of Concord center and it is darker, it started raining! I don't ride in the rain much, especially on my road bike, but on the Jamis, the thicker tires make it not so scary. However, I had no rain gear, just a wind jacket. My clear glasses were quickly fogging up. I thought about calling my husband, but decided to just do it. Thankfully, the rain stopped about half way through the trip and my only other catastrophe was dropping my glasses going up the steep hill on my driveway, as I had taken them off, since I couldn't see. It is always foggy on the top of our hill. Oh, and my ankle bands with the flashing LEDs; I have the strap pulled all the way to make it tight enough for my puny ankle. Unfortunately, the extra strap hanging around has nowhere to go after I click it shut. I felt something funny, just after it had stopped raining. It was the strap about to get eaten by the chain. I pulled into a driveway and fixed it, but I need to find a permanent way to cut it and keep it from fraying.