Update Three/Lesson Three:

OK. Bad news out of the way first, I crashed and landed hard twisting the handlebars completely sideways. They were easily moved back into square, so might have to take the bike in to have them tightened, doesn't seem like I should be able to move them that easily by hand. Not wiggly loose while I'm riding tho still a little concerned. I was more concerned for the bike while my thigh and left knee too the brunt of the damage when I fell, mostly just feeling sore right now. It all happened quite silly, I rode too close to a tree and under some low branches (twigs really) and ducked my head and leaned slightly left and that started the whole bike in a lean left and just wasn't able to recover and down I went.

Sooooo.. for some good news.. rode the entire distance of the parking lot tonight (about 4-5x my previous "best" attempt) through the "bad" part of the parking lot that was littered with glass/gravel/ruts and even avoided a mom and kids. This along with some shorter runs has me feeling really good up in the saddle. I seem to be reasonably able to balance once I get up to speed, but struggling with the pushing off and getting myself going, so we're going to practice over the next few days on our own and meet again with the instructor on Wednesday... he mentioned maneuvering/turning practicing.

DH has promised me a massage tonight so off to collect.

Shannon