A little something something

M bought my bike yesterday so it’s truly mine now! *cue evil laughter* Because he had to take care of ‘bidness’, I missed going out on my bike ride yesterday. I have been craving a trip to the movie theater so I am going to make an attempt today to do that. M will be at work so I am preparing myself for the task of timing my exit from work to coincide with the bus which comes once every hour. So wish me luck! I totally want to see IronMan and Spiderwick Chronicles. I love all (almost all) things fantasy. lol. If I don’t make it to the theater, I’ll go riding. Things were a bit relaxed at work this week and part of me suspects my female boss for being responsible. It’s sometimes funny how she knows when to push and how to bring out the 100% in me. I am also not going to kid myself that she can bring out the stern taskmaster at any moment so I will be wise not to take anything for granted. Have I said how selfless M is? 😀 I think he’s just now realizing all the trouble he’s married. lol. Remember M, 1 year down, ∞ to go.  So buckle your seat belt! 🙂 With this new month, I am:

  1. Recommitting to living a healthy and personally satisfying life which has started to incorporate healthy eating, healthy thought patterns, healthy patterns of exercise and positive thinking through obstacles.
  2. I am also going to pick up the slack on my credit card payment schedule as well as saving for our emergency fund. Right now, my end of year goal for the emergency fund is $5,000. Experts recommend at least 3 months’ worth of living expenses to as much as you feel like would suffice for your family.

Baby steps, folks. Baby steps. 🙂

Biking is hard work

As I write this post, I am itching to strap on my safety helmet and get my ass kicked on the road. See, on Thursday at around 5pm, I didn’t know how to get on a bike, much less ride one. After about several spectacular falls and 4 blows to my shin, I decided to call it quits, but by then I was able to get on a bike and stay on the bike. I was still a little bit wobbly on the bike, but it was a very good first day. Fast forward to Friday at about 5.30pm, M & I decided to get out and go practice some more. My first tries were still kind of awkward, but I was able to start the bike noticeably smoother. Over an hour later, I was riding trails, people! Now, I’m still wobbly and haven’t learned how to navigate significantly hilly places, ride standing or even turn properly. However, Rome wasn’t built in a day. I am so looking forward to my bike lessons this morning.

Update: I just had my worst spill yet. You see, I have this need for speed. What’s bad is I’m not very adept at using my brakes and my feet keep slipping of the pedal. Both of those faults together make for a very scary scenario. I however wish to take this time to place some of the fault at my coach’s feet. lol. Biking is second nature to him and he was very excited that I had picked it up “so quickly” that he wanted me to try some “stunt”. It didn’t turn out so good, but I’m pretty much done practicing for today.