...nothing really but i like this song.
thoughts on being single. i love it. it's safe. it's fun. it's freedom. i think loads of people in my life will applaud the girl who can settle me down. in the meantime it's me-time. there's my complication ladies - commitment scares the [fill in the blank] out of me. great, huh.
so what do i do with me-time? i go on long-ass bike rides and to the gym (when motivated to). i spend my time bouncing from friend to friend to nap to my room to event to person and so on. i read books. i savor doing things spur-of-the-moment. sometimes i take a really long time doing laundry because i can.
long bike rides are a new thing for me. a new thing i am totally addicted to. saturday was one of those days. i was taking a long and leisurely time sleeping-in, coffee with housemates on the deck and laundry. i totally forget about my phone until i see it flashing and there are a bunch of missed calls and text messages. why, because i left my phone on my bed stand on vibrate. it was one of those mornings. jess was one of the texts & missed calls - wanting to get outside to do something. of course i'm game! jess-kelly time is my favorite time. i get out of the house by 12:45 and ride over to her house for a tandem bike ride in the sunshine.
we get on the tandem, fill the tires up at the recyclery and ride over to the esplanade. let the smiles begin! people love us on the tandem. we get waved-at, smiles and people in cars getting really excited about how cute we are on the tandem. amazing. ding ding of the bell for smiles! i like to think it's because we're two curly-haired girls on a tandem bike. or maybe it's just the bike.
we ride down the esplanade, the springwater corridor and down to the Bins. park the "station-wagon-grocery-bringer-tandem" halfway in the handicap ramp. *shrug there's enough room for a wheel chair...if they're not huge. or a rascal but secretly i want to see a super wide person on a rascal attempting to get around the tandem, red in the face with frustration. backing up and forward and back and forward....we decided we could always listen for the loudspeaker asking "whoever owns the big giant bike...could you move it out of the handicap ramp...." luckily that didn't happen.
went through the bins for awhile and found a few things. i might have to see jess in her turquoise running outfit. maybe that could be worn on the next tandem ride. except then i would have to wear something as um, colorful. i might have to re-think that. we see the springwater trail and jump on the trail because neither of us have been over there. surprise - it's awesome. lots of the nature happening. a river of sorts. bridges. in one word - gorgeous. summer spot for sure. we take a route across a bridge and down a bumpy hill into a country club? random. make our way around there feeling lost until we find tacoma. ride over the freeway and down a very steep hill which is frightening on a tandem! especially when you're sitting in the back and not seeing where you're going. eeek.
we head through a neighborhood trying to find the corridor/esplanade and on the way head up a hill. the hill. did i mention the bike is 50lbs? yeah. heavy. so we're huffing and puffing. car's coming at us and we run into a big black truck that's been out in the sun all day. that means it's hot kids. jess took the brunt of the impact to avoid scratching the truck. causing a burn on her arm that she said felt like a really bad indian rub burn. we jump off the bike and what do i do? walk ahead of jess while she's in pain and leading the bike up the rest of the hill by herself. what? yeah, i know. i plead insanity. my reputation of "nice" kelly out the window. yeah, i can be clueless. what. so jess gives me shit, as she should. i feel like an ass. we get back on the bike and look for somewhere to eat. dairy queen! ice cream! that makes everything better. jess shows me how to make dirty things in the ice cream and we laugh about me being an ass while she's in pain and hauling a big heavy bike up the hill. we jump back on the wagon to head back to portland and find somewhere to eat along the way.
We decide to stop at roadside attraction for the patio. sandwiches and beer. i watch jess get more and more tired. meanwhile i'm trying to maintain my energy for the next long bike ride. walk the bike to her place, watch her crash for her double shift and i'm on my way home to meet people in a half hour. legs are starting to burn...
jamie joined cassie and i for a bike ride. remember that i just finished about 20 miles on a tandem with jess. so yes, my second long ride of the day. go me! so off we go! almost the same route: tillamook (street), 7th and down to esplanade. esplanade to springwater and a bit around sellwood. then back. my ass is totally hurting at this point and continued to ache for days afterward. it hurt to sit for long periods of time. so the second ride was super fun. it was mostly riding at a moderate-to-fast pace. we stopped for sushi on the way back. i had grilled tuna because i don't really like sushi. then back home where i took a shower and collapsed into bed. so tired!
it was a great day. i can't believe i was still going! wow.
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