saturday at two p.m.
June 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »this is the time that amy said we’re going to chicago. she and mom and i are going up today and we’re going to visit aunt sandy and have a belated birthday celebration for her and we’re going to see a musical tonight and we’re going to the art institute tomorrow. and at some point we’re going shopping.
ironically, this weekend kevin is at home and i’m the one leaving. he’s been gone every weekend thus far in june. but because we biked so long on thursday and then yesterday he was making lots of bullets, his hands started spasming. so, not good. he decided to stay home instead of going to a civil war shooting competition.
hopefully he’s going to relax this weekend. this morning we had a lovely and relaxing boat ride but this was followed by an hour and a half of weed cutting/pulling down by the dock. it looks a lot better now, but like i said, hopefully kevin will now just TAKE IT EASY.
i’ve realized this is the one thing he’s not so good at.
i’m glad amy hasn’t showed up ready to go yet, because i’ve suddenly decided that i must have a pair of bike pants and i’ve been furiously looking them up online but i think i’m kind of screwed about this because even if i find some, i’m sure they wouldn’t fit and i’d have to exchange them and i’m RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
when we went biking in austria i wore these form-fitting black stretchy warm bike pants. they were warm and all but i DO NOT WANT ANY MORE FORM-FITTING TIGHT BIKE PANTS. plus they look even worse because they’re worn over the tight bike pants, so there’s always a line in the middle of my thighs and the whole effect is not so attractive.
i thought i’d solved the problem a few weeks ago; i found a nice pair of capri pants on sale at penney’s and decided they’d be perfect.
but then last night we went to muni and by the end i felt CHILLY. i knew this was insane, and when we got back to the car, sure enough, it was 74 degrees. NOT CHILLY. but since it’s been in the 90’s and obscenely humid, my perspective is all out of whack.
but last night i realized MY CAPRIS WILL BE TOO COLD, because the low in scotland is definitely going to be in the 50’s and we’ll be biking starting out in the morning and it won’t heat up much, only to the 60’s.
SO I NEED SOME KIND OF BIKE PANTS and one problem is that most of them are FORM-FITTING.
i wished i’d taken care of this sooner. but maybe we’ll find something in chicago.
i’d better pack up my computer now because i know amy is going to be calling any minute and i must be….
NOW SHE’S CALLING. GOODBYE.
no, wrong, it wasn’t amy. kevin answered the phone for me.
whew. now i can get ready in a more leisurely fashion. unless i decide to spend a few more moments searching for pants that i’m not exactly sure what i’m really looking for.
ok ok ok,
saturday grace.
p.s. my goal for the day is not to give myself a concussion. i smacked my forehead into two things already today and i have a big welt on my forehead. so i’m trying to be more careful now.
oh, and here’s a picture of kevin and mollie on the boat. it was a very hot day yet mollie felt she had to keep kevin warm and spent the entire trip on his lap.































