Where the heck have I been?

Sunburns suck. More about that later.

My last blog post was January 26th. It's been, oh... about 8 months since my last visit.
I just don't know what happened to me. Here's a quiz for you. Keep your eyes on your own paper.

I haven't posted in 8 months because I've been:
a. busy finishing an old job and finding a new job
b. lazy
c. stupid
d. forgetful
e. all of the above

You pick which one you want. I choose all of the above. A little of column a, a little of column b.

The best news during my absence?

Are you ready?

Sitting down?

Really ready?

I got a job as a librarian 3 miles from home (by bike- about 2.5 miles by car). The best part???? I GET TO RIDE MY BIKE TO WORK EVERY DAY. Let the cheering begin. I'm now a bike commuter.
Life is so grand. Not only do I have a DREAM job- but I can ride my bike to my dream job. Does it get any better than that???? I think not.
I rode my bike to work 3 out of 5 days last week. Couldn't ride 2 days because of heavy downpours and lightning. I have a few things that will put me in my car instead of on my bike:

1. lightning and rain. One or the other are fine. Combine the two and a steel lightning magnet and you have crispy Tanya. Not good.
2. snow or ice. That's just plain damn crazy.
3. oversleeping. a very real possibility for me. especially the first few weeks of school.


I'm really, really into biking now. I try to ride my bike as often as possible and for as many errands as possible. Sometimes I just combine my errands and run them all in one day and drive. Realistically it's not possible to ride my bike everywhere. The city is just too spread out. Blasted Midwest towns. It's all a part of my plan to not only sneak in more exercise every day, but to lessen my carbon footprint and to be a good example for my students.

Today's bike adventure: rode 40 miles with Alison from a lake to a town 20 miles away. It was a lot of fun, and a doggone good day for riding. As sad as I am about daylight going bye-bye, the cooler temps and less humidity sure is nice. I'm not getting too attached to it, tho, as I know the heat isn't finished with us just yet...

Oh, ,and my serious sunburn that I got two weeks ago is finally healing (see picture). Doesn't look so bad in the picture, but it blistered and got all creepy looking (think Texas Chainsaw Massacre). It was the one time I forgot my sunscreen. Bad me... :(