Wednesday, August 04, 2010

The long bike home

Today I was meeting my friend Columbia at the Aldershot drop-in (the plaza next to Ikea, for those of you who know where that is) and I got the bright idea that I could bike there as part of my new healthy lifestyle.  According to Google, that meant a journey of 7.1 kilometres.  On the way there, I barely broke a sweat (although I did sweat a little because it's friggin' HOT). 

Everyone at the Early Years was pretty impressed that I had used my own womanly powers to get there, especially since they had cancelled the park program because of a heat advisory.  I was feeling pretty proud of myself.  Of course, I had only completely the downhill portion of the journey, but I had crossed enough construction sites and highway on-ramps that I was already thinking this was probably a bad idea.

After some arm-twisting I convinced Columbia to come with me to see a movie, which meant a nice long break in my 7.1-kilometre, uphill journey home.  We walked to the theatre (Columbia didn't have a bike with her) and both agreed that it was probably too hot for walking to be a good idea.  We saw Toy Story 3, which I've seen before, but which was more enticing (and at a better time) than Cats & Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore.  Since it was afternoon on a Wednesday, we pretty much had the entire theatre to ourselves.

Afterwards I left Columbia and biked up the side of a mountain, otherwise known as Brant Street.   Brant Street is a never-ending sidewalk.  There are a couple places a dip in the hill creates the illusion that there may be downhill ahead, but this is a cruel trick of the eye.  Sweaty and exhausted, I stopped at the bank to cash a cheque and soak in their air conditioning.  The kindly bank teller filled up my water bottle (because the water I had tasted like a bath).  Thanks bank-teller Jeff!

I was pretty close to my Mom's house by this point so I travelled up the worstest uphill sidewalk in the history of mankind to Cavendish.  My parents weren't home.  I considered using my spare key to partake in free air conditioning, but the kids were asleep by this point and I was not motivated to make any attempt to manoeuvre the stroller into the house.  Instead, I hung out on my parents front lawn, enjoying the exquisite bliss that comes with not moving at all.   

The way home from Mom's is down hill so once I got back on the bike, I enjoyed a fun slide down Cavendish, my speed limited only by my nerve.

William stayed asleep when I transferred him from the stroller to bed, but Jadzia did not.  Since my daughter looked about as sweaty and uncomfortable as I felt, we took a shower together.  Now I feel squeaky clean (but she, unfortunately, is already covered in marker again).

7 comments:

Cara said...

Wow! What a workout and afternoon!

Anonymous said...

just look at the type of advertisers you're attracting now! Ha! Fit singles. Wonder who will advertise if you drag Adam along.

Becca said...

2 words.

You're insane!

zydeco fish said...

That's good going. It's been a killer cycling in this heat.

Mark said...

Hi Jen, I just started my own blog about Happiness and I saw yours. Maybe we can link blogs or something? This isn't spam. My blog is www.pocketfulofhappy.com If you want to link blogs email me at Mark@pocketfulofhappy.com and we can discuss it!

Mordoz Cookie Lord said...

Jadzia? Oh wow that is freaking awesome! Ha-ha! I love it! That name always struck me as awesome on the show. (I kind of had a crush on that character lol)

One of the few I actually liked. And to name your kid after that character, genius! Oh I'm also a regular visitor in lazylaces (Mordoz Cookie Lord) and often see your fun comments there. I always found you to be a fun person and remind me of my high school friends back in the day.

If you like, I am starting a blog called Happy Little Planet

http://happylittleplanet.blogspot.com/

It has only one post so far, but I hope to add much more! It's all about how to make the world happier by making each of our little patches of habitat a bit greener :)

With your permission, I would love to add a link to your blog for my blog.
CIAO

P.S. - The street names where you live I find very awesome. We only had boring names like Lake Ave. or Pine St. ..dullsville. Cavendish...rolls off the tongue doesn't it? Fun fun fun! :D

Super Happy Jen said...

Wow, everyone's trying to link to my blog. I must be becoming some kind of revered on-line personality.

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