Achin' quads

Well, managed three days of bike commuting this past week without killing myself. Almost got hit on what, Friday morning? Yeah. Almost.

I found a new way to get to work that's more direct (read: one less mile). So now we're down to like, 14.5 or something. I'm not sure that's such a great thing, but at least it'll take less time. Turns out there's a two-lane-each-way most of the way from where we live ... all the way into town. Very nice. However, some bits are one lane each way, and those bits have no shoulder and total crap for edges. That is, the edges are broken up and annoying to ride on. Thus, I think the ideal blend will be to start on the trail, go to Broad Ripple, then pick up College Ave the rest of the way into town. The traffic on College is 45 or less, and there's a little space between the parked cars and the adjacent lane.

For whatever reason, my quads are achin' quite a bit today (Saturday) so no ride. I'm happy to see however that I'm at 271 total miles in June, 217 of which are commuting.

Today we chilled quite a bit, CostCo, mall, blah, blah. Maria did drive to those places though. Not as much screaming from me! Either I'm getting more patient or she's getting better. I'm hoping it's the latter. No, really, things are going pretty well, and I think once she gets the hang of where we are and where things are, the driving business will be simplified.

Oh! I will be going to Omaha in about a week and a half for work. It's only a Tue-Thur kind of thing. I'm somewhat excited only because I've never been there before. I will have to travel to the 'Ha at least once a month over the next year for work. But they'll all be small trips like this, the most could be a week. The only thing that will bother me is not being able to ride the bike!

Asim is still doing well, too. He's getting better at being in the back of the car alone while Maria drives. He used to cry all the time. Now he plays or sleeps. Very nice. (This all despite the screaming (me)and somewhat erratic braking(her)).