the weather is still hot. probably will be for…months. but that\u2019s ok; consider the alternative.<\/p>\n
ok, i have to confess something to you here, and maybe the act of doing this will then therefore force me to actually do it. i\u2019ve sort of started training for another triathlon. unlike the “try the tri” which i did on may 1st and was VERY VERY SHORT, this one is a little longer.<\/p>\n
the bad thing is that it\u2019s in THREE WEEKS FROM NOW. and although i did run then bike then swim in the lake a little yesterday, i haven\u2019t really been doing anything to get faster\/better at the biking or the swimming. <\/p>\n
tomorrow morning, bright and early, i\u2019m going to bike, then swim. i PROMISE. <\/p>\n
NO EXCUSES.<\/p>\n
which is why i\u2019m about to go to sleep even though it\u2019s only 10:18 p.m. luckily, i\u2019m exhausted from my day so hopefully sleep will be swift and uninterrupted (as much as is possible, anyway).<\/p>\n
today i went on a MOTORCYCLE to hannibal, MO. B. (Bixby) drove the motorcycle, which is big and heavy and therefore won\u2019t tip over easily, or at least that\u2019s what he claims. it wasn\u2019t the MOST terrifying thing i\u2019ve ever done, but it did last about an hour and 45 minutes each way. on the way to hannibal it seemed to be awfully windy, but on the way back i thought my head was going to POP RIGHT OFF because of the wind. <\/p>\n
luckily, it didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
i held onto the back of my neck with one hand, in order to keep it from twisting unmercilessly. i hope to have at least a little neck mobility tomorrow.<\/p>\n
B. claims that you get used to the riding. i guess we\u2019ll just see about that. i felt pretty darn exhausted when we finally got home. one thing is, the helmet feels like i\u2019m wearing a bowling ball on my head. very, very heavy and weighty and full of weight. he insists on wearing the helmet and i WOULD NEVER RIDE A MOTORCYCLE OR REALLY ANYTHING AT ALL WITHOUT ONE. <\/p>\n
as a matter of fact, i\u2019m thinking about wearing the helmet around all the time, in order to get used to the heaviness, plus to keep from smacking my head against things, which of course i have a tendency to do.<\/p>\n
when i was in college, i was in a car accident and was struck unconscious because i didn\u2019t have a seatbelt on and smashed into the rearview mirror and then the door and the ambulance people had to pull my inert body out of the car and i finally woke up in the emergency room and didn\u2019t know who i was.<\/p>\n
since then, i DO NOT GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT MY SEAT BELT. sometimes if i\u2019m sitting in a movie theater, i suddenly panic, worried that i\u2019m not buckled in. so far nothing bad has happened in the theater, luckily.<\/p>\n
i can\u2019t imagine always wanting to wear a helmet, but on the other hand, i always wear one when i bike (have i mentioned that i tip over very easily, sometimes without any kind of cycle underneath me?), and if i continue to go on the motorcycle, well…<\/p>\n
if you see somebody walking around wearing a helmet all the time, that would be me.<\/p>\n
anyway, hannibal was a cool little town; we walked through the house mark twain grew up in, and had a delicious lunch in the mark twain dinette and walked up many many steps to an old lighthouse. <\/p>\n
it started to rain just a little bit as we walked back down, and this felt good because it was so darn hot and humid out, and then it started to rain a little harder, and then a little harder…and we sat under an awning as it suddenly POURED. nice and cooling, but not good for the motorcycle riding.<\/p>\n
so instead we waited out the storm in a little shop and had some ice cream, and when the sun came back out we strolled around town, in order to let the storm move way on.<\/p>\n
we saw many interesting stores, including a place where they make dulcimers and other various instruments, and a fine-looking glass shop, and i\u2019m eager to return to look at them more closely. i know the town has a bunch of very old houses, too, but there was no time for that today.<\/p>\n
survived my first long motorcycle ride. now i need a t-shirt that says “I SURVIVED THE BIKE!”<\/p>\n
ok then,<\/p>\n
grace about to train vigorously even though it\u2019s MUCH TOO LATE and i should have started MONTHS ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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