i always feel fantastic during the first few days of kicking my butt back into shape.
this morning, i woke up at six, cooked lunch for the next two days (pappardelle with peas and mushrooms), actually made my own coffee (and drank it. THE SAME DAY!), showered and did some dishes.
of course, now it's almost 11am and i'm falling asleep at my desk. but that's normal. at least the soreness in my legs is there to remind me that i am, once again, a real human.
in other news, i'm in the market for a bike. sure, i have one. i've owned it since 6th or 7th grade and it says "SNAKEROCK" on the side and its chain and pedals are almost entirely rusted through because i'm irresponsible and left it in a mound of snow all winter. also i think it was about $100 and i bought it at meijer (like super target, only way, way, way better).
it's clearly time to upgrade, and just in time! the commuter challenge bike/walk week is june 4-12. my friend miranda and i both live in minneapolis and work in st. paul and dammit, we're going to bike. it will actually be sort of perfect since we can take the greenway most of the way...i'm more than a little excited, although it's probably going to be an exhausting week.
here's the problem/best part: i'm thinking about buying a fixie. (clearly i'm way too uptown for my own good.) i've never owned one and i know they take some getting used to...i went on a date with a guy who had a fixie once and i tried it. it was cool, except it was about 6 feet too tall for me (story of my life) and i was semi-injured at the time. the guy didn't last, but my obsession with fixies hasn't ended.
the thing is, i know i'm not hipster enough for this. let's just be honest. i own a car, i have a full-time job, i don't own any flannel and i organize my co-op list by department. can i really justify spending $500 on a bike that will, i'm sure, become a running joke among my friends? and is it worth it for how fantastic these bikes are supposed to be? (also, when was the time that bikes became SO EXPENSIVE!?)
i think i'm going to need to go bike shopping ASAP.
i am excited for bike season, though. for a few summers, i've spent as much time on a bike as possible, although admittedly most of my bike riding has been out in the country by my mom's house and not really in lieu of car travel. in any case, i've loved it. even when i literally almost ran into a bull that was randomly in the middle of the road last summer. (let's not even talk about the goats and chickens. thank you, rural michigan, for existing.) even with those attempts, though, i haven't really become an avid cyclist. (what a disgusting word. cyclist.) but i live in the TC now, so it seems inevitable.
anyway. i'll probably be posting like a crazy until i get tired/lazy/hungry again, so prepare your inboxes (why does this browser want me to type the grammatically incorrect "inbox's?") for all the ana that's about to flood it...
yours in late-morning exhaustion,
a
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