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One Small Hill for man, one giant hill for me

Today I biked my usual route from home to Adam’s daycare and was about to take the easy way to the Monona Terrace bike elevator when I decided 2 things:
1) I needed to deposit money at the UWCU (on the square)
2) The most expedient way to do that would be to bike UP Wilson street.

I assumed I’d make it up to King@Wilson and my legs would give out and I’d look like a moron pushing my bike up the hill. Oh well… nothing ventured.. blah blah blah.

So I started out and kept shifting down and I made it to the King St. intersection and a red light which fortunately turned green before I had to come to a complete stop. I kept pedaling and made it all the way to the Capitol and around to the bank.

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It's Like Raaaaai-aain...........

This morning my co-worker mocked me for not biking with essentials like a tire pump and a patch kit. “What would you do,” he asked “if you got a flat tire on the bike path?” Well, duh, I’d walk or ride the bus home, get the car and take it to someone to fix it.

Today I also decided I needed a front basket on my bike instead of just the saddle bags. My first reason for needing them was farmers market. One simply cannot bring plants home in saddle bags. My second reason became evident when I retrieved my birthday meal leftovers from my saddlebag and found that my Bang-Bang Chicken had all-but exploded. Fortunately, I had put it in a ziploc bag, preventing a much bigger disaster than a ruined lunch and yogurt.

Five, Six... Pick Up Sticks

On Sunday I raked up and hauled to the front yard a ridiculous number of branches from the back garden. Then I dug part of my front flower beds and planted in 9 new plants to add some variety to the hostas that have taken over the space. In the middle of all this I made a couple trips to garden centers to pick up the best dirt and potting soil available in Madison. And I’m not telling you where it is. :)