I was retuning home from school late at night so I had to walk home instead of taking a bus. I was holding a trash bag in my right hand. While walking on the highway, I looked out to the ocean when I realized that I was not carrying my backpack. I must have left it at school but now I had already gone to far to go back and still return home at a reasonable time. I thought that perhaps I would have to go back and stay at a hotel nearby for the night.