Bike Riding

Okay I haven't been on a bike in like 5 or 6 years. It's been a really long time. I'm reminded of a line from Harry potter where she is talking about how Dudley Dursley got a racing bike for his birthday and Harry can't figure it out because Dudley is very fat and hates excercising... yeah well...

So... Like I mentioned I'm trying to be a better person and I have actually been working very very hard in my yard and in my shed I discovered my old mountain bike that has sat neglected for... I can't even tell you how long. Years and years and years and years. Part of the reason I've neglected it is because the tires are flat and I will admit I am useless when it comes to mechanical things or fixing things that are broken. Part of the reason I'm so poor is that when something breaks, my idea of fixing it is going and buying a new one. But thankfully I have parents who sometimes.... not so tactfully.... inform me of the foolishness of this way of thinking and my dad brought over his handy dandy compressor and blew the flat tires up. And low and behold... the tires remained inflated. Woo-hoo! So I, Tiffy, being the oh so brave and oh so silly soul that I am decided I would attempt to ride that two wheeled beauty and I didn't die. It was a beautiful thing.

I did fall once. I will not say that I was graceful or anything, but I stayed upright and I was trying to turn and I didn't quite make it and I fell, but there were no major injuries. No broken bones. No scrapes. Not even a bruise (except to my delicate ego). It was a very sad thing though because it made me realize just how out of shape I am. I decided that since I had a bike and since my parents live only a couple of blocks away I would ride my bike to their house and enjoy a lasagna dinner with them and despite the fact that the hills are almost unnoticeable I was breathless and my legs were sore and I had to change gears to the easiest gear with the least resistance and... it was very embarrassing. But it is something I can and will improve. I think instead of walking my puppy I will ride my bike and she can run behind and hopefully she will have enough sense to stay out of my way.