the absent-minded commuter girl's blues

[Geonz]

Yesterday I rode my Xtracycle for the first time in a week. Came out and the front tire was flat. Dang it, I forgot my patch kit and I forgot to put the shrader tube in my camelbak. The ol' Curse of teh Switching PUrses... had to call and get a ride.
I ride the folder in this a.m. Get to work. I forgot my work clothes. That's okay, I have a skirt here... and a long-sleeved shirt I can toss over this T-shirt... oh, but I've gone commando. But I'm wearing a skort.
Welp, I considered the options and I'm skort-lumpy under my skirt. At least my legs are recently shaved...

[Pax]

Sue, you crack me up! :p Maybe a reminder list taped to the door where you see it as you leave the house would help?

[F8th637]

LOL It sounds like "unprepared" was an understatement for you the past couple of days.

I do equip each bike with at least a saddle bag and a spare tube because you just never know. I think next I'll have to supply CO2 cartridges and pumps in them too.

[Geonz]

I *thought* I had a spare tucked into my saddlebags but I groped and groped and no rubber replied. Methinks I gave it away... It will be replenished as soon as it stops raining...

[OakLeaf]

That's why I just have duplicates of everything critical. My spare tube, a patch kit and a spare Epi-Pen live in my seat pack and do not come out. If I have a flat (touch a wooden honey dipper, I've never had to use my Epi-Pen), as soon as I get home, I patch the old tube and hang it on my seat so I won't forget to put it in the seat pack as soon as the glue is cured.

Same thing with my travel kit - toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, pill bottles, other essentials just live in the kit. If I didn't have a dupe of everything in a permanent place, I would forget it.

[mupedalpusher]

You're funny. Just last night I was working on my slide presentation for a Commuter course I am teaching and one of the things I put on the slides was to pack the night before!!! I forgot undies once last summer so I wore scrubs all day because it just seemed to weird in my slacks...kind of liberating in scrubs though! The very next day I brought an extra pair to keep in my desk!

[malkin]

*packing extra undies for my desk right now*

So far, I've only forgotten my lunch, and it was easy enough to mooch food. Spare underwear? I don't think I'd even mention it to any of my co-workers!

[Geonz]

You put it in a bag in a Kotex box. That's also a really good place to hide little presents you don't want anybody to accidentally find... Even if you don't use Kotex, nobody wnats to look in the box ;)

[deeaimond]

Haha.. I keep a full set of undergarments, an extra t-shirt and some shorts in a drawer at work. same goes the kotex. Another good thing to do is to stick with the same backpack day in day out. I always forget things when i change bags.

but i'm lucky, my commute is rather short (for now) and I live in a city, so i figure if i had a flat, a taxi is 2 fingers away.

[Melalvai]

Today I forgot
1. a towel
2. a bra
3. a fork (for my lunch)

I had underwear...but since it was cool this morning, I didn't sweat much and could have worn the same ones. (I don't have bike shorts, so I wear underwear when I bike. Under regular shorts.)

[deeaimond]

Today I forgot
1. a towel
2. a bra
3. a fork (for my lunch)

I had underwear...but since it was cool this morning, I didn't sweat much and could have worn the same ones. (I don't have bike shorts, so I wear underwear when I bike. Under regular shorts.)

oh yeah! the fork!! very important!!! I used to forget all the time! now I have a fork and spoon stuck in my pencil holder...