How Was Your Commute Today?

[Melalvai]

So, I was leaving this afternoon - heading to the elevator to go to the gym to dress for my ride home tonight.
My boss is by the elevators. "By the way," he said. "That was me yesterday."
Huh??
"In the van. On Fairview. In the van. I beeped at you. I saw you on your bike."
"Oh. I don't remember any van beeping at me."

I suppose if they're not screamin', yellin', honkin' threateningly, or being illogical moronic jerks, I just tune them out.

The woman who cuts my hair said she sees me on my bike all the time. I asked where because I don't remember seeing her ever. I guess I'm not looking inside the SUVs.

Today's ride was brutal. I had a couple errands, and I didn't want to wait all the way until next week after this heat advisory theoretically will be over, to get them done. So I just went in the heat. 16 miles by the end of the day. The longest single trip was 5 miles, and every time I stopped I refilled my water bottle and sat in the air conditioning for a while.

It occurred to me, much much later, that I guess I could have taken the car. No one else was using it today.