Hills are put here to torment us.
I just finished editing a boatload of images, and it's 3:41am. I was going to post one or two here, but now it has to wait until tomorrow, because frankly, I'm too tired to enter them into my shop, and I should probably do that first. So you must wait, fellow babies. Sorry!
I rode my bike for the first time today, which is cause for the title of this entry. See, I have not been on a bike in literally 20 years. This bike I actually won 10 years ago, for selling the most wine and cheese samplers at a restuarant I worked in at the time. I was head and shoulders above the next closest person. In fact, I sold like 50 more than the next 3 closest people, combined. I'm actually kinda proud of that, because I'm not a salesman. But I really liked those wine and cheese samplers, so when people sat at my table and I greeted them, it was easy to motivate them to buy it. All I had to do was tell them about it, I liked the darn thing so much. The cheeses were really complimentary to the wines, so even the whites were good, and I do not normally like white wine. So I sold over 220 of the things in a one month period and got a new mountain bike outta the deal...which promptly sat in a box for almost 10 years, but the point is, I won the bike. :) Which moral would be that you should really believe in a thing if you want people to try it, because if you do, it'll show, and if you don't, well, that will show too.
But I digress. My wish for Christmas - the only thing I asked for - was a new bikeseat and air in my tires so I could ride my bike and get in shape. That wish finally came to full fruition today, so I went for a nice exercise ride. Which I should have known better than to do, because a) I didn't actually feel very good today, and b) we live smackdab in the middle of very hilly terrain. But I was all psyched to have the bike and the nice shiny new bike helmet my mom gave me for my birthday at the beginning of December, so I cruised merrily off.
And ended up pushing the bike the whole last half of the way home, with my heart threatening to explode out of my chest like something from Alien, a hideous burn in my throat, a metallic taste in my mouth, and feeling like I was really going to throw up and pass out, not necessarily in that order. You know those hills we live in the middle of, here in Woodland HILLS? Yeah, they're steep. Like, Tour de France steep. Not all of 'em, to be sure, but the two that did me in, yeah, and especially the one I barely managed to push the bike up. I do not know how Lance Armstrong does it. Seriously. That man is not human, because Hoh-lee Pyrenees. That's all I'm sayin'.
But I have a temp of about 100 now, so I should really hit the hay. It's cold in here, and I'm tired. See ya tomorrow with the Friday Finds and pictures. :)
Ciao,
Jenie
currently listening to: Train - Drops of Jupiter
I rode my bike for the first time today, which is cause for the title of this entry. See, I have not been on a bike in literally 20 years. This bike I actually won 10 years ago, for selling the most wine and cheese samplers at a restuarant I worked in at the time. I was head and shoulders above the next closest person. In fact, I sold like 50 more than the next 3 closest people, combined. I'm actually kinda proud of that, because I'm not a salesman. But I really liked those wine and cheese samplers, so when people sat at my table and I greeted them, it was easy to motivate them to buy it. All I had to do was tell them about it, I liked the darn thing so much. The cheeses were really complimentary to the wines, so even the whites were good, and I do not normally like white wine. So I sold over 220 of the things in a one month period and got a new mountain bike outta the deal...which promptly sat in a box for almost 10 years, but the point is, I won the bike. :) Which moral would be that you should really believe in a thing if you want people to try it, because if you do, it'll show, and if you don't, well, that will show too.
But I digress. My wish for Christmas - the only thing I asked for - was a new bikeseat and air in my tires so I could ride my bike and get in shape. That wish finally came to full fruition today, so I went for a nice exercise ride. Which I should have known better than to do, because a) I didn't actually feel very good today, and b) we live smackdab in the middle of very hilly terrain. But I was all psyched to have the bike and the nice shiny new bike helmet my mom gave me for my birthday at the beginning of December, so I cruised merrily off.
And ended up pushing the bike the whole last half of the way home, with my heart threatening to explode out of my chest like something from Alien, a hideous burn in my throat, a metallic taste in my mouth, and feeling like I was really going to throw up and pass out, not necessarily in that order. You know those hills we live in the middle of, here in Woodland HILLS? Yeah, they're steep. Like, Tour de France steep. Not all of 'em, to be sure, but the two that did me in, yeah, and especially the one I barely managed to push the bike up. I do not know how Lance Armstrong does it. Seriously. That man is not human, because Hoh-lee Pyrenees. That's all I'm sayin'.
But I have a temp of about 100 now, so I should really hit the hay. It's cold in here, and I'm tired. See ya tomorrow with the Friday Finds and pictures. :)
Ciao,
Jenie
currently listening to: Train - Drops of Jupiter
posted by Jenie at 3:32 AM
2 Comments:
I've been enjoying your comments on my blog so thought I'd come return the favor ;-) Sorry to hear you're not feeling well, but I had to laugh at your bike adventure because I'm bike-challenged myself! I haven't been on one since the day I got my driver's license in 1981 (so now you can guess how old I am LOL!) DH has two bikes in the garage...one of which is ostensibly for me but I've been holding him off for a couple of years now. Dunno how much longer I can hold out as he's getting pretty insistent especially now that we have a child. He's got this whole "suburban family bike ride" fantasy thing going, but I think he forgot to include the scene where I fall on my butt and end up in the emergency room...
KJ
P.S. Can't wait to see your Friday Finds when you feel good enough to put them up!
Oops (see I can't remember to put everything in one post, either)...forgot to mention that I LOVE Train's "Drops of Jupiter." Cool! It's rather fascinating/alarming how much we have in common LOL!
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