Success! (mostly)

I did it! I rode my bike to work today. It took about 30 minutes door-to-door, which isn't too bad -- I think I went a bit faster than our test ride over the weekend. (Driving my car takes about 15 minutes door-to-door, what with stoplights and parking, so the time differential isn't too awful either.) It's an easy enough ride that I didn't arrive all drenched with sweat, but it took enough effort that I feel a little bit righteous now. It'll be warmer for the ride home, but I don't have to worry so much about being all red in the face when I arrive.

We also rode our bikes to and from TKD class last night, so that was a pretty awesome block of time in which we were putting out meaningful cardo effort. Go, us! I'm still pudgier than I wanna be, but I feel like my level of effort and activity is getting healthier all the time.

Of course, I was so preoccupied with timing this morning that I forgot to eat breakfast and failed to bring along my security badge and desk keys. Having to call diermuid to please deliver those sort of undermined the fuel-efficiency mojo of the whole effort, but I like to think I'll get better at the logistics of it all.

birthday weekend!

I am happy to have some pleasant things lined up for the weekend...partly in celebration of my birthday and partly just enjoying life. (I am going to be 42, so that means I'll have all the answers, right?)

Saturday morning I'll spend some time with fionnabhar, looking at art and perhaps being Ladies Who Lunch. In the afternoon, diermuid will collect teenagers from camp and I might get to soak up some sun and lazy river time at the pool. (If we get a double floating thing, diermuid sets us up in sort of a T configuration, such that I can rest my head on his torso. BLISS.)

On Sunday, my girls are going to kidnap me and treat me to a movie. I don't know *which* movie yet, but I *love* movies and they tend to make good choices so it'll be a good time no matter what. Yay!