So I could have gone to Mt Diablo or gone on the Melo Velo or just ridden around here or....it is soooooooo beautiful today. I'm just sitting her with the patio door thrown open listening to the wind, it's nice outside.

But my friend Marinela was testing for her black belt at San Leandro Aikido so I thought I'd get my happy butt to class and support her.

I drove, didn't ride, I know that sucks but do I get points for plaintive whines when I saw riders go by the dojo (we're on a popular bike route).

Lesson learned: even though the Saturday class tends to be less intense than the regular class and even though I knew it'd be shorter than the usual 1 1/2 - 2 hours because of the tests .... I still gotta really eat before. You'd think I know that by now. How long have I been training?

But it was a great class, nice energy, got to train with some of my favorites there, felt pretty good and didn't get corrected tooo often by my teacher.

Now off to walk the doggie.