Throwing Caution To The Wind

The other day we went on a bike ride.

I bought a bike a while ago because it was pretty.

Apparently, according to my sources, you shouldn't buy a bike because it's pretty. Just because it seems all comfy and upright doesn't mean it is comfy, and upright isn't necessarily the best position to ride (isn't any of this stuff written down somewhere?)

It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling more confident on my new bike, getting the kinks worked out on the fit, etc. It was supposed to be a little over four miles one way, and because we had done 10.26 miles the week before, I felt up for the challenge.

About five minutes into the ride, I realized I hadn't put on any sunscreen. I debated for a minute going back to the car to get sunscreen, but I figured it was only supposed to be a short ride, and I'd probably be O.K.

It was a little more than 7 miles one way when we reached the Hayward Interpretive Center with the wind at our backs (a 20mph westish wind according to the Oakland International Airport.) Coming back, fighting a really strong wind, took much longer. My arms and shoulders were killing me, I think from trying to hold myself upright on the bike in the wind. What was supposed to be a short ride ended up being 3 hours long, 15.35 miles, but it felt more like 30.

I am a walking billboard of a cautionary tale....

The moral of the story: always go back for the sunscreen!

I should have plush safety barricades surrounding me...or nice, soft, wooly safety cones!

This Ain't No Party! This Ain't No Disco! This Ain't No Fooling Around!

I am in a very bad mood.



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It's official. California is falling into the Pacific, but it's not because of an earthquake. Governor Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency because of the legislature's inability to fix the budget 24.3 billion dollar deficit.

As of today, California will begin issuing IOU's to pay it's debts (except to the legislators, of course), mostly to the most neediest of the community.

Unemployment in California is at an all time high of 11.5%.

And, did you think you might want to save some money and go camping in one of California's 278 beautiful state parks? Think again!

If you're at all curious about where the troubles began, you can start here.

To top it off, California is in it's second year of a drought.

And don't even get me started on the cost of our new Anthem Lumenos Health Insurance plan (no really, you don't want to know...)

When life gives you lemons....

...make lemon bars.