How Was Your Commute Today?

[Tri Girl]

I didn't realize that was today. I'm glad my daughter happened to bike to school today! It was beautiful weather for it. Maybe next year I'll suggest that the school observe the day.

I had to beg and barter and practically get on my knees to get my principal to let me do it with the kids. Sadly, we are such a litigious society, she was terribly afraid that someone would get hit or hurt and sue the school. 97% of our kids are dropped off by parents (we are a Parochial so no buses for the kids). Most kids don't live close enough to walk or bike, but we had a TON whose parents dropped them off at the end of the block and they walked the block to school. I was thrilled. One kiddo rode his bike 5 miles by himself (a 3rd grader). I was SOOOO pleased with him! Yippee!!

Good job to your daughter (she bikes most days, doesn't she?).

[redrhodie]

The weathermen were so wrong today. They said sun, and it rained the whole way to work. It was also really windy, and I should have had on a visor to keep the rain off my glasses, but since I was dressed for sun...I still did my long route.

Met up with Indigoiis and Maidei this evening. Maidei's with me now. She seems a little tired from her commute to Prov this morning. Good thing we have tomorrow off.

[girlsubobscura]

Today was a gorgoeus Indian Summer day, so I invented errands to do on the other side of town so I could add an extra 5 miles to the commute home. Unfortunately, the drivers on the other side of town seem to be bigger jerks, and for the first time ever, someone tried to run me off the road, pulling up right next to me and then laying on the horn as they drove further to the right into my space. I honestly would have reported them to the police if the sun hadn't prevented me from noting their full license plate before they sped off. The rest of the drive was unevetful, but I was glad of teh newly striped bike lanes on the route home with a gallon of milk and various other sundries.

[7rider]

Why are school bus drivers complete idiots?
Just about every morning now that school is open (we must have the same schedule), this same ding dong insists on passing me - across a double yellow line on a curve with oncoming traffic. This, mind you, is while I am doing 20 mph on a road that has a speed limit of 25 mph, with speed humps, to boot.
Ya know...I don't mind that most insist on passing me so they can exceed the speed limit (b/c it's pretty obvious that the speed at which most pass me, they're going well above 25). But can you please do me the courtesy of waiting until (a) the road straightens out a bit, or (b) opposing traffic is clear?
Geez, Louise.

[malkin]

Nice cool ride both ways in sprinkles.
Since we'll be cycling in Germany this spring, I'd better get used to it.

New mantra: must not quit job (at least until after Germany) must not quit job

[colorisnt]

7,

I almost was hit by a bus today, too. Left around 8 to go to teach. Got to the end of the drive and turn because no one is coming. Bus BLOWS through a stop sign. I avoided it by using my breaks (extra weight in the panniers helped thanks to both a paper I am writing and a stats book).

Other than that, my commute was AWESOME. The only thing that pisses me off if the fact that they put in a concrete divider in the road I am used to crossing. Grrrr. I now have to do the sidewalk thing and cross through a parking lot, but I am okay with that if it means I cut 10 minutes off my commute. Two panniers again was AWESOME!

My ride home with my added lights was AWESOME. The Serfas headlight makes me feel much safer and I can just clip it off to take it with me so no one on campus steals it. same with the gummy light on the back. Plus, the trunk bag makes a great lunch bag!

[Melalvai]

I almost was hit by a bus today, too. Left around 8 to go to teach. Got to the end of the drive and turn because no one is coming. Bus BLOWS through a stop sign. I avoided it by using my breaks (extra weight in the panniers helped thanks to both a paper I am writing and a stats book).

Exciting! A great opportunity to use that quick-stop they teach us, where you stand up slightly and push your butt back over your seat, to put more weight on your back wheel. That's funny that your paper & stats book helped.

Other than that, my commute was AWESOME. The only thing that pisses me off if the fact that they put in a concrete divider in the road I am used to crossing. Grrrr. I now have to do the sidewalk thing and cross through a parking lot, but I am okay with that if it means I cut 10 minutes off my commute. Two panniers again was AWESOME!

What road is that?

On my commute home tonight, I learned something interesting. I started a new job this summer at the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and I heard that osteopathic treatment can help TMJ. (I saw a lot of research posters on it too and it was pretty convincing.) I got manipulated this afternoon. My jaw feels so much looser. But the funny thing was, when I was biking home, I looked down for a moment and something was different. After a moment I figured out--it didn't hurt my neck to look down. I could even touch my chin to my chest and it didn't hurt. What was even funnier is I had never realized that that hurt, until it didn't.

I'm sold!