the absent-minded commuter girl's blues

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...

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?

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.

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...

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.

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!

*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!

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 ;)

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.

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.)

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Originally Posted by 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.)

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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...