Background: In August I started a new job which isn't commute friendly because I am itinerant over a fairly large area. My old bike commute is one of the few things I even miss about my old job.

My school district provides a rather limited program 3 mornings/week for some of the weeks of summer break for kids who have demonstrated regression over school breaks during the year. The speech pathologist who was to co-teach the session backed out and there was a desperate plea for help.

My first thought was--nah--it's too far to ride my bike, but my clever husband reminded me that I could ride light rail to the end of the line and then ride my bike. So now it is a summer commuting adventure and a gesture of good will at work.

I have sort of decided that my work specialty is WRSTNEW: Weird random stuff that nobody else wants.