Weird Wednesday

So today was interesting, starting with waking up at 6:30 because my Mom drove here. I rode with her to the airport where she had a flight to catch. I took the van back to campus because my brother Eric from Seattle flew in yesterday and took my Element.

Durring Anatomy and Physiology I thought I was going to get carpal tunnel from all the writing. We were scrambling to write down our review so we knew what was going to be on the upcomming exams. I admit it is difficult when the professer gives up four seconds to write down a word that take ten seconds to say.

On my way back to my dorm, I heard someone on a loud speaker. But I was too hungry to check it out. While at lunch my roomate met up with me, sat down and said "We have upwards of seventy-five cans of Vault in our room." Yes the energy drink. Apparently they were giving out the pop by the cases, I guess thats what the loud speaker was for.

When we finished eating, we went to the room to count. In our original count we ended up with eighty-two. But as we realized we cannot count, we ended up with less. So if someone is really bored and wants to count, I would be glad to know how many are in the picture.

After the can extraveganza there was a small mid-day party here in room 2 Downing. There were about eight or nine people in here, three of us blairing music from our computers. We all hung out for a while. As people left, I kitted up to go ride. Before I headed out, I had been talking to someone online that I wont mention here, but I left for my ride pretty upset.

It is rare that I open up and get personal on my blog. But one of the reasons I ride, and I assume it is the same for a lot of people, is to ride my pain and fears away. The bike is one of three places I feel at peace. I can just let everything go. I can let my feelings and emotions run. I use riding to think, get perspective, rationalize, and let anger out. I also use my bike to rip legs off in competition...which is always fun!

Well today on my ride, I rode to Saline via Michigan Ave...stupid idea, lots of traffic. Then I ended up at Runway Plaza on State Rd....another stupid idea, no shoulder. From there it was back to Ypsi down Ellsworth....not so bad. The thing about these roads are that I KNOW they are dangerous, but I was so upset I just didnt care. Needless to say I wont do that again. But at the time I didn't care that I was nearly run off the road by a semi truck.

But it was somewhere down Packard that I had let my emotion go and was feeling a lot better. So I am sorry if I scared a few people today by riding those very dangerous roads. Won't happen again.

In other news, I had ordered some bike name stickers from Victory Circle Graphix, and they arrived today. I put one on my Look, this weekend I am going to put one on my Giant and my TT helmet, leaving me eight for other bikes. They are glossy, so my flash reflected no matter what I tried, and it was too dark without it. But I am sure Doug can find something to complain about. haha.