159th ride

After a very busy day (an elongated work day, followed by a spate of errands that saw me not arrive home until just past 7:30), I had a quick bit to eat (a couple of delicious English muffin pizzas that Michelle whipped up) and then slipped out the door at 8:30 for an extremely brief ride. This was all I could work in safely before it got too dark, but I was glad to be able to go at all.

I retraced the ride that I did for my first ride, back on January 19, 2013–riding the Lohr-Textile Greenway down as far as Textile Rd., but whereas on that occasion it took me 35 minutes, tonight I did it in almost exactly a half-hour flat. And I was happy to arrive home, at 9:00 p.m., before it was too dark to ride safely.

While is is very mildly frustrating to have to begin each of my rides now exactly the same way—down the Greenway—my gratitude to God and to Michelle for my being able to ride again is so great that this frustration is hardly noticeable at all. And, looking on the bright side, I'm getting to know that path very well, and I'm sure I'll continue to do so.