I had a busy morning between 9 and 12: two school drop offs, making soup and homemade bread, last minute birthday errands for Will’s birthday tomorrow, and off to get blue curacao for our “red, white and blue” drinks theme for tonight’s debate watching. (Obviously.)
I managed to get it done AND fit in a bike ride because I rode my bike to pick up the blue curacao.
It felt a little weird to ride my bike to a store, put a bottle of liquor in my backpack, and bike home… but in a good “I’m outdoors and not stuck in traffic” kind of way.
In the past few weeks, I’ve also ridden my bike to the library and the farmer’s market.
I like using Google Maps to find good ways to bike somewhere, which is usually a different route than I would take driving. (I’m willing to add mileage to avoid busy roads.)
I’m still terrified of busy intersections and will sometimes get off my bike and walk it across a crosswalk rather than merge into traffic and take a left turn.
But it’s fun.
WAY more fun than being in the car.