For today, my shortest ride to date will have to suffice. I didn't suspect I would be able to ride to work this morning, after being up until nearly midnight watching the NCAA championship basketball game (which Michigan, unfortunately, lost). However, our cat, Bo, faithfully woke me up at 4 a.m. crying to be fed, and, though I stayed in bed for 20 minutes or so trying to get back to sleep, eventually I could see it was a fruitless quest, so I got up and got my day started - and decided I might as well ride to work after all. So I did this two and a quarter mile ride in 13 minutes.
I did not ride home, however. I worked my longest day yet - at Firestone, that is. While teaching I routinely prepared my lectures at 4 a.m., and worked the day and into the evening. But today I worked from 8 a.m. until 6:15 p.m. The day was especially long because one of my major duties is shuttling cars to and from the nearby car rental agencies at the Ann Arbor airport, and since last week was spring break, they had "a ton" of vehicles that had been returned to them from road trips to Florida, needing service. I was very busy today shuttling these, and will be also tomorrow.
So I called Michelle to say that I was very willing to ride home, but asked if she would like to pick me up. When she arrived, I told her that the combination of the long day, the light rain, and the heavy traffic along the route I'd need to ride at that time of day made me think it might be wise to ask for a ride. At this she cracked wise, and said that it scared her that I was beginning to show some common sense. This remark was most apt, as this is a notable and significant shortcoming of mine. Then tomorrow morning I'll drive, and at the end of the afternoon, after picking her up, she'll return me to Firestone so that I can ride the bike home.
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