another day.

i decided to ride my bike to work again today. things were a little more icy than they were last night, but nothing to worry about. if i sound a little less happy than usual, it's because i'm getting a little irritated with myself. i can not seem to pick the correct clothes to wear for riding to and from work.

this morning i was a little on the cold side, but not too bad. my feet and fingers took the brunt of it. i wore this stupid fleece balaclava (thank you cabela's for having a misspelled keyword that allowed me to hit your page and get the correct spelling... otherwise i was looking at some city in the ukraine, i don't think i'll ever be able to spell it again, oh i know, i'll just use my website to see how i spelled it once. feel free to do the same... if you need the correct spelling of balaclava (man that was hard.. i even had to look back a few line to see how i spelled it a couple of seconds ago)) where the hell was i? hold on while i reread some stuff..... ok i'm back.

that stupid fleece thing wasn't too bad alone, but since i have to wear my helmet no matter what. [i just had a big discussion with my 12 year old about how not wearing a helmet will kill you.] so i wasn't about to skip it for just a "little" ride. the strap from the helmet bunched up all the loose fleece until it was all around my throat. i sometimes have a problem with things hanging around down there... i can make myself gag most of the time... but this morning i could only do it for a mile :)

finally when i started getting cold, i stopped thinking about this thing around my throat. i began to think about my poor little fingers, and how they used to feel very warm in these exact same gloves [two years ago]. i think by washing them too many times i washed out most of the r-value. i tried to do some of my finger exercises but i just wasn't in the mood. i tried the o' blow into them trick... but it seems that this material only lets cold air through :( while i was going through this, my feet suddenly pop into my priority list. they were pretty cold, but what could i do? no feet exercises... can't blow into them... hmmm. in a weird way, it kind of worked out, because they were just painful enough that they took my mind off of the fleece choker and the digit-sicles, at least until i got to work.

when i arrived at work and took off my shoes, my feet really started to sting. i guess the blood finally had a chance to go down to my feet and my feet kind of went into shock, or something. they were in so much pain. that was a really painful moment in my life, but it only lasted for a few minutes:)

my comfort on the ride home was completely opposite. i was so hot! [literally]. my jacket was working way too well, and even the gloves started working.... too bad it was about 30 degrees warmer than it was this morning. by the way, this morning it was 22F. hmmm...hold on!... ok, i just did the math [and looked up the current temp]: it was only 16 degrees warmer this evening. sorry for the inaccuracies. i know how people rely on me for factual information... and as spelling resource of course.

it's getting late, i've got things to do....