October 8th 2010 – Perfect day for a bike ride!

Friday, the most wonderful day of the week as it means the weekend is only one sleep away! I rode the bike into work Wednesday also, and this morning, a total of 90+kms for the week. Thursday fell into the too hard (and too tired) basket as I had to rush straight from work to the supermarket to go food shopping. I challenge myself each week to fill up my trolley for less money. I can’t believe the money I spend at the supermarket, and I try to buy home brand items as much as I can. We don’t have a really fancy palette in our house, just good yummy and healthy food, but nothing with lots of expensive ingredients. If I get away with less than $250 a week for the 3 of us, it is a miracle. I try to spend at least $50 of that on fruit and vegetables; and am very happy that my kids love them!

With too much to do on Thursday and not enough day, I drove in to work, which also gave me another 30 minutes of snoozing. CBoy has also been so helpful this week walking FD#1 for me as he is on school holidays. It takes a lot off my plate in the mornings which means I am able to leave the house at 7am for my cycle into work. After food shopping, I quickly drove home to throw the cold stuff in the fridge and freezer and then headed out to the baseball club, where CBoy already was. An evening of training; uniform presentations for the season opener this weekend, followed by a family casserole night. It turned into a really nice evening with no dishes!

This week we’ve also been playing host to our first German exchange student that stayed with us in 2006, SBoy. He is nearly 20 now; I can’t believe how the time has flown. At the time he was in year 11, and I remember how much bigger he seemed than both my two. Now they are both taller than him! Unfortunately I’ve not had any time off work, and MGirl is flat out studying for her mock exams, so he and CBoy have been left to their own devices. I don’t think he’s had a very exciting time, but the 3 of them were off to the beach today for the 30 degrees of spring we are having.

Which brings me back to today… I love riding into work (almost as much as running) as it gives me a chance to watch the world go by. That’s a bit difficult along the freeway, as it moves too fast; but when I pull off the freeway and into the suburbs it is much slower and lots of fun watching people on their way into work. Those waiting at bus stops, others walking, an occasional runner and this morning I saw this guy decked out in the most up-to-date lycra gear and helmet on his bicycle… a fold up granddad model that had wheels about 12 inches across, with a seat post as long as a giraffe’s neck! It was the funniest thing…. all modern clothing and the most ancient looking bike. It was really funny and made my morning.

I am trying to run tomorrow, and I am well ready for it. The leg hasn’t been giving me any pain for over a week now, so fingers crossed it feels the same when I run on it!