9-12-10

Last week was a tough week. I stayed home with a sick kid on Tuesday, so it was a real short week for me. Wednesday morning was a nice calm ride, except for the idiot who ran a red light. He was on a bike and had front and rear lights. He also had earphones. He did not look before blowing the red, and I had to slow down to not hit him. I think I freaked him out some when I yelled "Red means stop, asshole!". The rest of the ride was fine. The ride home was the usual collection of people not paying attention to their driving.

Thursday started out bad. From the time I got up, I did not feel quite right. I figured that the cool morning air would help.....I was wrong. I got to the MAX station and started dry-heaving. I hadn't eaten breakfast yet, so nothing came up. That passed and I got on the train. I had the sweats on the train ride into downtown. I got off at Goose Hollow and started my ride. I got the dry heaves again once I crossed the river. I could smell someone cooking bacon and then a bit later could smell the Franz bread bakery. Those two things set me off again. Dry heaving while riding is not recommended. I had one meeting in the morning, and then went home for the day. I didn't change my ride, but probably should have.

Friday I felt just fine and the morning ride started out normal. Once I got into downtown, the craziness started. I first see an old guy on a bike run a red, turn the wrong way on a one way street before pulling onto the sidewalk. Every single thing could have gotten him a ticket. There was a bridge lift, so I got about a 10 minute break in my ride. Once I got going again, there was road construction that was marked horribly! I'm glad that the traffic had passed me before I got to it, it was really confusing! Got through that and then had another biker blow a red light and almost hit me. Then I almost got hit by a car less than 200 yards later. I was crossing a bridge over I-84, and had changed lanes so that I could turn left. I guess I should have just taken the lane instead of trying to be nice and ride on the right side of the lane so vehicles could get by, but I didn't. This car comes screaming up beside me before turning right from the left lane. I'm glad my brakes are good!

That's enough for now. I will try to start posting daily again this week.