Christmas presents
Feel free to skip all this... It's not life shattering... It's not amazingly profound...
Today I received my final present that was a part of my Christmas present last year :P Yes, I know I'm 24 ... rapidly approaching 25 ... and I still get Christmas presents so I should shut up and count my blessings.
Still, to explain. I've wanted a push bike for a while now. In-laws saw the subway promotion last year, buy x much of their product and contribute $x more and they'll give you a reasonably decent bike.
Anyway, said bike was supposed to arrive before Christmas. Didn't happen... and as per the first paragraph of this post, it finally arrived today, after many times contacting the promotors and comments about how it would arrive soon.
After we got home tonight, Alex put it together for me (brakes needed attaching and wiring in), and I've been on a couple of laps up and down our street.
It's been a while since I've ridden a bike, so it was a bit wobbly at first. And I managed to get my skirt caught amongst the wires/brakes in the back wheel too (although thankfully that didn't impair me until I tried to get off - after already stopping).
I'm really hoping that actually having a bike will encourage me to go out and get exercise. We'll see how it goes. I'm already considering going for a ride tomorrow. Only given that it's been so long I don't know how long I can go riding for before I'll be too tired... and I don't want to ride such a distance only to realise I'm too exhausted to get home again. Still I'm excited. Well see how well I do tomorrow, assuming I go out.
Today I received my final present that was a part of my Christmas present last year :P Yes, I know I'm 24 ... rapidly approaching 25 ... and I still get Christmas presents so I should shut up and count my blessings.
Still, to explain. I've wanted a push bike for a while now. In-laws saw the subway promotion last year, buy x much of their product and contribute $x more and they'll give you a reasonably decent bike.
Anyway, said bike was supposed to arrive before Christmas. Didn't happen... and as per the first paragraph of this post, it finally arrived today, after many times contacting the promotors and comments about how it would arrive soon.
After we got home tonight, Alex put it together for me (brakes needed attaching and wiring in), and I've been on a couple of laps up and down our street.
It's been a while since I've ridden a bike, so it was a bit wobbly at first. And I managed to get my skirt caught amongst the wires/brakes in the back wheel too (although thankfully that didn't impair me until I tried to get off - after already stopping).
I'm really hoping that actually having a bike will encourage me to go out and get exercise. We'll see how it goes. I'm already considering going for a ride tomorrow. Only given that it's been so long I don't know how long I can go riding for before I'll be too tired... and I don't want to ride such a distance only to realise I'm too exhausted to get home again. Still I'm excited. Well see how well I do tomorrow, assuming I go out.