Sunday, June 14, 2009

Is this thing on?

Wow.  I can't believe I still know how to log in!   I know my posts are so sporadic, but it's been a crazy few weeks.  The garage sale went well, bringing in just over 500 dollars.   That helped to pay my bills.   I packed everything else up and took it to the Lake County board of MR/DD for their garage sale fundraiser.   

Our bikes were done early!  I got new tubes, brake pads and brake line with a tune-up.  B's bike just had a tune up and we were ready to rock.  My friend dropped us off at Eddy's Bike Shop and we rode the 7 miles home.  We were feeling great and decided that we would go for another bike ride in a few hours.  What a pain in the ass that was!  Literally!   

Our butts have finally gotten used to the beating and are now a bit tougher.  We are riding every where we can.  The 2 days that he's been to work (well, 3, but one day was overtime and he was already there), he rode his bike.  On Tuesday I rode halfway there with him and back home before work.  I met him halfway home yesterday and we took off and I finished with 10.15 and he finished with 11.15.  Today I rode all the way to the station with him and home, giving me about 12 miles.  It's generally down hill there with a few ups.  The house just sits on higher ground meaning I did a lot of up hill this morning.  It's much easier now than it was last week!  

I need to make more time for my running.  We've had the bikes back for a week and have probably put nearly 90-100 miles on them.  My legs are HUGE with muscle, and I'm noticing that I'm firming up all over.  I am trying to get into a new routine with running in the mornings before work.  I'm thinking of busting out a run today since I'm home alone and need something to fill the void.  I'm sure Nora would love to run since she hasn't gone the past few times.  

Well.  I have a lot of cleaning to do right now, so I guess it's time I go.  If I don't update for a while, that just means I'm out running, riding or walking.  I've put more miles on my body than I have with my car.  Which reminds me... I have 2 payments left before it goes back to the dealer.  I sure can't wait until that financial burden is off of my back!   Ok.  Enough rambling... I'm hungry!

2 comments:

Crystal said...

Wow! Way to rack up those bike miles! Sounds like you two are getting a lot of good use out of them. Mine hasn't moved from the garage in over 3 years. Good luck with the morning runs-if you can get yourself out of bed, you can do it!

Twix said...

Holy COW!!! Lol, my garage sale netted me, $9...hahaha...! Congrats! :D

Way to go on all the biking!Fantastic!