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The frost this morning was gorgeous. My shadow looked like it was 20 feet long against the bike path. My headgear and gloves, just barely warm enough. This biking season will be drawing to a close soon.

I appreciate that at 8:30, many people have been at work for hours, many even in the same time-zone as me. But as one who often leaves for work at 9:30, I wanted to write down that this morning was magical.

(And next week at this time, I will wake up in darkness, and at 9:30 the shadows will be just as long as they were this morning at 8:30, and I will be grumpy.)

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I was reminding myself that my ski-jacket style coat needs its zipper-pull replaced, as I loaded my backpack this morning, and a zipper-pull on my backpack shattered in my hands. ><
(c'mon Jansport; it's only lasted fifteen years so far. what ever happened to durability?)

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Google voice's transcript of a message left on my cell this morning is sort of worth noting:

And analysts is so I'm calling from the strippers We're supposed to pick up there this morning. If you could please give us a call, but let's talk to someone there at least okay and phone number here is xxx-xxxx

That's actually quite a good transcript. The Strippers are refinishing our table, and they were due for pickup at 8am. Cheerful, matter-of-fact, efficient, and not cheap. Would recommend.

Comments

[psychedelicbike.livejournal.com]

Yes, very cold this morning on the bike. I find the worst is my eyes, especially with the high-speed downhills. First they water, then the tears run onto my face, then the wind makes the tears evaporate, and what little is left almost crystallizes on my cheeks and eyeballs.

That, and cold toes. Today I wore wool socks.

Gonna keep at it until the snow flies, though. 2100km so far this year, thanks to the early start. I lost track, though, because the bike computer battery died :(

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

For the mornings, I wear my sunglasses, since the sun is so low. (if only I could be sure drivers weren't blinded as well...) The evenings have been warm enough that wind on my eyes has only been a problem when I get home and have to squirt eye-drops to keep my contacts from feeling like dry little plastic plates.

No wonder your odometer battery died! 2100km is a lot to keep up with!

I'm in the 1500km range, a seasonal record for me, also thanks to the early start. Who knows, maybe we can get 100 more before the snow sticks...