Monday, February 23, 2009

Riding Hard Through the Rain

Some things you need to know:

• I go riding on my bike with my dogs at the park regularly. As a result, my bike is typically quite muddy.
• My Monday class is at least a 15 min. walk or 5 min. bike ride, walking fast and riding hard.
• I drive in to school, park a few blocks away, and ride my bike from there.
• Today it was raining hard.

It was a dark and stormy Monday. My rain pants were in my office. My bike and I left the car and rode the few blocks to work without the rain pants. The mud from the park and the puddles on the road conspired to paint a large brown spot on the seat of my pants. No big deal, as I got to my office, put on my rain pants, and no one was the wiser as I left to ride the rest of the way to class. I was running late so I rode harder than usual, whilst trying not to shower pedestrians as I went through the puddles. I get to the building my class is in. My jacket and shoes are a new color, soaked with water. My feet squish at every step. My head feels wetter than it does after a shower. I struggle onwards, mopping what I can with the paper towels in the bathroom. I get to the classroom. It is dark…empty. Class has apparently been cancelled, unbeknownst to me and I am now soaking wet for no reason, as well as having a large, brown wet spot on my regular pants, underneath my rain pants. So I retreat back through the rain (though thankfully it let up some by then) and take refuge in my office. Hopefully the dirt will brush off my rear when it dries, so I can walk down the hall with a straight face.

May the rest of my week go better.

• Posted by jfs at 14:25:22
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