Date: 27 April 2006
Miles: 10.00
Average Speed: 16.2!
Max: 25.7
April Mileage: 328.06
Weather: 67°F. Partly Cloudy.
Commuting must have some merits. I managed to haul a change of clothes, drink hot coffee on the bike, and not really get to work on time. I showered at work and changed, and forgot one critical shoe. So i am hiding my feet under my desk. The coffee girl is wondering if I ride because of the price of gas. No -- I am thinking -- I am just crazy.
This picture comes from the archives and was taken near Tucson in December 2004.
Prickly Pear in the Sun. Digital Photograph. © Shawn Kielty 2004, 2005, 2006. All rights reserved.
4 comments:
I'm frequently late, and I don't ride a bike as an excuse...was over an hour late getting my car to the dealership today...sheesh..I did have both my shoes, ha!!
Reminds me of something my friend, Nancy, did once...she was trying on different shoes to find the best match for the outfit she would be wearing....totally forgot and wore two different shoes wherever she was going, unaware until she 'stepped out'...ha! I saw another woman at a restaurant once...same thing..he shoes were REALLY bright colors....funny...same shoe....two totally different colors...like one was fushia...the other yellow...or turquoise...two very different shades....ha......Once when I was in elementary school, there was a 'flip flop' craze/fad going on...one of mine broke...lost that little button under the shoe...on the sole..that holds the toe divider in place....It was so embarrassing to have a shoe I could NOT wear...dunno why I did not call home....I'm thinking cause my mom did not drive? I was young....don't recall why I endured it all day...but I think we finally secured it w/a big safety pin...Another time....recently....a lady in a restaurant....being rather flambouyant in her behavior and attracting a lot of attention for it...had her sweater on inside out..tags all hanging out...people noticed her for her behavior...(like maybe she'd had ONE too many glasses of wine?)..but the sweater was the funniest....Why do these stories stike us as so humorous....ha...At least they make us smile, huh?!
Now, the question is.....did you leave home with just one shoe...or lose one on the way? I hope the former... I DESPISE losing things... Just this week I had Sarah's soiled dog bed to wash (mom's always get the 'dirty' jobs)....she'd left it behind her last visit...I washed it in the driveway and placed it on top of the trash can and weighted it down w/a spanking brand new portable double doggie dish I got for her...it was awesome..green and beige to match her jeep....anyway....the bed was drying in the sun...held down by the new ($30.00) bowl....the next day....'someone', ahem, was kind enough to put the garbage out for me...and yep.....took the bed AND the bowl down too....A driveby trash diver person must have taken the BRAND NEW BOWL...and left the stinky bed behind...ha....When I saw the bed in the driveway later....I remembered that I'd not moved it from the trash can top....you get the pic...NOW that bowl is gonna cost me a whopping...$60.00!!!!
What I'm trying to say...is....I hope your shoe is safe in your closet...not somewhere on the side of the road...meanwhile...you could start a new trend at work, IF you don't get fired for being late?!!?! Ha!!!
I have secured the missing shoe -- right where I left it. How do those shoes get hung on the wires?
And where do all the missing socks go?
At least we know how all those single shoes might have gotten lost on the road. They fell off the feet of people that had their feet out the window of the car, rather than out of the bags of wayward bike commuters.
Hey,
A shower at work? I envy you. I usually wait until I've cooled down before changing to my office digs. And sometimes when I open my pannier, like your experience, oftensomething is missing. I just hate it when it's my underware.
When we were kids we had an expression that we would taunt anyone we discovered with no underware on. "Linty pants! You got linty pants." So imagine my horror
We have a big lot of people here at the widget factory. So we also have a gym, adding insult to injury. So I can spin in early -- do another workout on the elliptical and then an upper body workout -- and some strength training for my hamstrings, shower, have breakfast. Walk over to my desk and hack.
I have extra undies in my locker (yes -- I have a locker too!), just in case. I never want anyone to discover that I have no underwear.
Is this discovered while trying to give someone a "Melvin?"
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