Been having the most massive allergic nightmare - Don't know what it was that caused it, but I have been unable to breathe through my nose since last Friday. So I was off the bike all week till today, as I am finally starting to breathe with my mouth closed again. Had to break down and use a nasal spray (hate those things, so addicting) because I could not sleep. It felt so good to be back on the bike, and it wasn't really cold or windy this morning either. It rained a bit earlier this week so the air felt clean and crisp. Can't wait for tomorrows MTB ride.

Been seeing more people commuting by bike than I've been seeing before. Older people on comfort bikes and cruisers, others on old steel MTBs. Two years ago it seemed like I was the only one on a bike who was not a kid. And for the first time, when I got to work and stopped at the guard station to dig out my badge this morning, another employee rolled up on his bike. Never saw another rider at the gate before.