I was riding a mountain bike trail that was/is challenging for me, and had yet to ride the entire thing without falling. The trail also has a very tricky, curvy descent JUST before the end. I mean, you can see the parking lot, it's that close to the end.

So...riding along with my boyfriend, hadn't yet fallen this particular day... Get to this tricky spot, which is nerve-wracking. I'm working my way through it, get through the hardest part, start celebrating just before the last curve..."Wa-hoooooo ohhhhhhh &%!@!" I had hit a very loose patch of very black dirt, almost mulch. Over the handlebars, land on my face.

Boyfriend comes over to check on me, he starts digging dirt out of my ear. He says, "You may want to go clean up in the bathroom." I asked him, "Why, am I really that dirty?" He nodded. So I go into the bathroom, and just absolutely cracked up. My face was absolutely covered in pitch black dirt.

I don't celebrate too early anymore.