Days 4 & 5 car-free

Great and great!!!!

I did it- one whole week of not driving the car. Even rode my bike to meet a friend for lunch on Friday. How lucky am I that I can ride my bike to work, to do errands, to meet friends for lunch... to do most everything?
I truly believe that most people can do it. It might take some big changes to do it, but it can be done by most of us. I had a job 26 miles away, but I quit it and got one 3 miles away. I would've even settled for a job 10 miles away (perfectly doable distance to bike to work). It might mean selling the house and moving closer to work (not very feasible in the current market, probably), or just switching to a more trimmed down lifestyle.
Trust me- I'd sell this big ol' house of ours tomorrow and downsize if it's what hubby wanted. He's not quite on board for the whole living smaller, but maybe one day. We have an acre of land that requires a lot of maintenance (the he takes care of) and maybe one day he'll be down with the downsizing. It'll come- even if it's in 10 years when the house is all paid off.

Anywho...the week of riding went well. Yesterday I drove because I needed to go to my favorite LBS (local bike shop) who knows me very well to get some advice on how to change my commuter into a single speed. Plus, we had to run a couple errands that were far enough away and had to get heavy things.

I'll try it again this week, although it will be a VERY long week. I have the Book Fair and something to do at school 3 evenings this week. Yikes! It can be done, tho, it WILL be done.

To my bike... and AWAY!