Geek Habitat

Justin and I bought bicycles today and all the required accoutrements (helmets, gloves, insulated water bottles). I’ve been dying to get a bicycle ever since I was released to my own devices after 8 to 10 weeks of thrice-weekly physical therapy. Finally, that wish is now a reality.

An excerpt of an email Justin sent out to some friends of ours…

I will say, pedalling around the school right behind the BikeWorld store was a blast. It’d been since Justin’s late teens when he last rode a bike, but I had the benefit of frequent stationary bike rides in PT after my February knee surgery. So that, coupled with my gnawing desire to get active, moving and feel the wind on my face had me pedalling up and down some handicap-accessible ramps at the school, as well as a quick pedal across their lawn and off a little curb. The BikeWorld employee who worked with us today (who by the way is a 3 TIME veteran of knee surgeries, and thus got my instant respect and compassion) grinned as we pulled back up after our quick test ride — (To Justin) “I see she’s the more daring one… you were taking it easy in the parking lot, and she was up and down those ramps and across the grass before you knew it!”

Fun, fun, fun. Gonna do a little solo ride tomorrow once I know for sure how to get the front wheel off and properly back on. She illustrated how to do it in the store, but I have to learn by doing and I haven’t done it yet.

If this were a LiveJournal blog, I’d have a silly little “MOOD: Elated” icon associated with this post! Time to bask in the great reviews of our new bikes, and put some mileage on ‘em!

P.S.: HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all the fathers out there! Love you, Dads (mine and Justin’s!)