June 7 ride reports

[Lise]

(Isaac the cat is helping me eat my turkey/tomato/left over spinach & feta omlette sandwich. He's eating the turkey. What a pig! I'm letting him! What a wierd single woman in her 40s! )

uk elephant--sorry to hear about your crash. Be really gentle for a few days. You'll be more sore tomorrow. Hope the old guy is OK.
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Ran this morning...whoa, too soon after the puking weekend to do that. 2 miles of largely walking.

Rode to work anyways--riding is so much easier than running. 3+ miles to the clinic, then a few more miles north to an appt after work, then home, a winding route through a big park and various side streets. Even got to see a dachshund. I rode far around the pup and her owner, but doxies are so indignant! When she realized there was a bike in her vicinity, she jumped and woofed as if I had tried to grab her! Made me laugh. I had the same blessed tailwind as beta on the way home (I thought of you and hoped you were enjoying it, beta!)

I rode for about three blocks on a busy traffic-jammed street (Peterson). A verrrrry narrow strip of road between the cars and the curb. Some were closer to me than others. I made up a new magic protective song:

Todos se quedan a la izquierda hoy!
Todos se quedan a la izquierda hoy!
No salta nadie,
Nadie salte!
Todos se quedan a la izquierda hoy!

(Magic protective songs are more effective when sung in Spanish, for some reason) Tune? I made one up. It means:

Everybody stays left today! Everybody stays left! Nobody's jumping (right), nobody jump! Everybody stays to the left today!

This magically protects the space through which I'm riding, and keeps the drivers from twitching their wheels and lurching over at me. In England, it would be the opposite, I suppose.
Total mileage: 13.63

I'll be out of town (Akron, Ohio) Thurs to Sun, and most likely no internet access. Then I'll spend Sunday night getting caught up on the boards!