Today has been a day of lazing and enjoying. I'm feeling better today, and actually rode to the grocery store to do some shopping (see the pic of my bike with panniers loaded down with groceries?).
Woke up very late again (8:30 is what noon used to be when I was a teenager). I NEVER sleep past 7, so when I do, I know I'm either sick or just plain exhausted. We ate a leisurely breakfast, Rian went for a 10 mile run, and I went grocery shopping on my bike. I gave my bike a nice, thorough cleaning, and then shined him up just fine. I still haven't decided on a name for him yet. I'm hoping it'll come to me one day. All good companions need names, and my bikes are no different. My old road bike was named Oscar (because he's a grouch of a bike). My triathlon bike is named Artemis (for the Greek goddess who was so fast), and now my touring bike needs a name. Maybe he'll be called Addy, for all the adventures we'll have together. Hmmm... I'll need to think on that one and see which name suits him best.
As I arrived home from the store, I noticed some very pretty flowers in my flowerbed out front. I had to stop and take a picture of them. I love the contrast of the orange against the white bird bath and the dark fence. Then I noticed that the clouds were gathering in the sky, so I stopped to take a picture of them, too. Such beauty all around.
As for the rest of the day, I don't know what we'll do. I imagine I'll spend some time online, read a little of my latest book Roll Around Heaven All Day: A piecemeal journey across Amercia. It's about a man in his fifites who rides across country one part at a time, each time with different companions. It's a good read so far. It lets me live out my dream of riding across the country one day. One day I'll do it... just wait and see.
Here's to Sunday (cheers). Jeers to Monday tomorrow morning. :)
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