The unusual day off
I took today off.. planned it a few weeks ago as a bit of a break during a longish stretch of uninterupted working. I curled up at home last night exhausted... in fact, I took a nap and woke up pretty late in the evening... then played on the computer and went to bed.
This morning, I woke up and checked my email and things... and then I went downstairs, had cereal, and carried my bike down and outside. I rode about 3 miles, which isn't all that far I know, but it was fun. It was also Hard. There aren't any big hills in that area, just longish stretches of slight slope up or down, and level bits. I almost fell once when there were too many people on the path and I swerved off of it to avoid a kid on training wheels and his mom, but it was all fine.
About halfway back I stopped at a bench near the water and sat, sometimes looking at the tree in front of me and the water behind it, sometimes with my eyes closed feeling the breeze on my cheeks. I'm sweaty, and flushed, and happy.
Getting the bike up and down the stairs though, is a giant pain. I wish there was a downstairs place I could keep it.
There's an eventual thought that I might be able to ride to work, which would be quite cool. It's a bit down the road though... today, I rode to the bridge and back. I want to do that until it feels easyish, and then add to it. So, it might be a while yet.
In other words... days off are awesome.
This morning, I woke up and checked my email and things... and then I went downstairs, had cereal, and carried my bike down and outside. I rode about 3 miles, which isn't all that far I know, but it was fun. It was also Hard. There aren't any big hills in that area, just longish stretches of slight slope up or down, and level bits. I almost fell once when there were too many people on the path and I swerved off of it to avoid a kid on training wheels and his mom, but it was all fine.
About halfway back I stopped at a bench near the water and sat, sometimes looking at the tree in front of me and the water behind it, sometimes with my eyes closed feeling the breeze on my cheeks. I'm sweaty, and flushed, and happy.
Getting the bike up and down the stairs though, is a giant pain. I wish there was a downstairs place I could keep it.
There's an eventual thought that I might be able to ride to work, which would be quite cool. It's a bit down the road though... today, I rode to the bridge and back. I want to do that until it feels easyish, and then add to it. So, it might be a while yet.
In other words... days off are awesome.