Today I get a phone call - telephone survey - about bicycling, traffic safety, knowledge of laws, and sharing the road.

Yeah, riding the one block on the sidewalk was technically wrong, and crossing in crosswalk, against traffic on my bike was wrong #2. But where do you meet being technically right - bicycles have a right to the road, and feeling safe being there? I could get closer to where I wanted to be by riding on neighborhood streets, but then I'm on the wrong side of the canal. According to my cop friend, to be legal, I was to dismount and walk my bike the rest of the way. I plain do not feel safe riding my bike on most of the streets around here. Of course, right now, I'm not riding anywhere. As it is, I'm not even walking very well.

MRI - Dr. K mentioned it when I was in last, but he hasn't ordered one as of yet. We'll see what he does when I see him on wednesday. I wonder if his focus on tests has changed as he recently came back from Haiti? Or if he's just being conservative?