Three cycling firsts

[darkemeralds]

Two brand-new cycling experiences today, and one yesterday.

First, in my push toward a bit of cycle chic, I wore a skirt. It's a straight but stretchy number, quite long, so the getting on and off the bike was awkward (Clyde is not a skirt bike), but the riding itself was fine. Wore tights and wool leggings and a fur-collar wool jacket in the very chilly east wind we've got going, and was comfy and warm.

Second, there was some construction on the Eastbank Esplanade, and they had a flagger/traffic control guy there just for bikes! The flagger waved me through (when a space about 2 feet wide opened up behind the truck) with a kind of embarrassed "Yes, we really need to do this" little half-wave. So I threaded through and said hi to the crew, and a little farther on I saw what they were doing: they were planting new trees!

So it was an awesome ride to work.

Oh, and yesterday I gave my monthly bus pass to my nephew. My December one went entirely unused, and it seemed lame to waste the January one. I'm paid up through May, so he might as well use it to get to school. After May, it looks like I might be saving $300 a year.

Comments

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

The saving money part is really starting to make itself apparent, too: those little "what the hell, I'll drive days" of $11 parking downtown were adding up! I feel perfectly justified now in ordering the occasional four-shot mocha, you know?

[llaras.livejournal.com]

Yes! I do know! And man, those treats are so much more of a treat when you don't have them all the time.

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

Very true! And if I had a four-shot mocha all the time you'd have to peel me off the ceiling!