blog numba one

This has been a very lazy winter for me in every sense of the word. It's consisted mostly of sleeping, watching movies, reading western novels and eating junk food during all of it (I bet you didn't know I could eat in my sleep!). I found myself living in an apartment no more than a mile from where I work so my bike ride was about 5 minutes per day. I moved back into my mom's house this week (for good reason I swear!) on the north side, which significantly ups my daily commute. It's nothing too challenging, but it's made me realize how out of shape I am. I was ashamed at how much my legs burned yesterday on my way to work, and biking home this morning from Dylan's house on Willy St. I felt sluggish and grumpy. I turned onto N. Sherman which is a very long boring incline and started to feel a little worse. Then I heard my dad's voice in my head saying "You start to get into a cadence" and "It's more a mental thing than a physical thing" and my ride got a whole lot easier. Before I knew it I was pulling into my mom's driveway.

Anyway I guess the moral of the story is, I'm going to hurt for awhile, but it'll feel good. I can't wait to be able to be on a bike all day in the country by myself just counting off my pedal strokes. I can't wait to live the simplest life possible for just a little while.

Time For Introductions!

This is Elly and Dylan!

They really enjoy biking!

So they are taking an extra long bike ride!

It will be Excellent! It will be an Adventure! It will be an Excellent Adventure!