I biked to work today! For such an uneventful ride and common occurrence, I have a lot to say.

I was a little nervous but the bigger problem is my brain kept wanting to go "there", until I saw someone I know walking his 2 black dogs. (I recognize the dogs first every time.) He said "You're on your bike!" intelligently and I laughed "Yeah!" (Afterward he felt dumb for saying such an obvious thing but it didn't seem obvious to me exactly!) That broke the loop and I was able to enjoy the rest of my ride and my swim.

Coming home for lunch was a little nervous again as I made that fateful left turn. I was prepared to pull off the road and cross it on foot, but there was no traffic at all.

In the evening I was a little nervous again because there was so much traffic. I kept looking behind me. I remembered during my LCI training, the instructor told me that I needed to scan more, and I thought "I bet I'm scanning enough for him NOW".

After the morning ride, the bigger problem continued to be that my brain just wanted to go "there" when I was on my bike. I assume that will get better.

Another first today is that my daughter did her first full day of school since her wreck (Friday she went in the afternoon). I thought she'd be exhausted but she had more energy than I did tonight.