I see and hear so many things, it is sometimes difficult to remember all the things that happen in that 15 minute span of time. I mean... there are other things to pay attention to. Cars... not getting run over... red lights... dog poo... etc.
BUT today! You are in so much luck (can you feel it?)! I had a slightly epic ride home today.
First, it is a beautiful day here in NUE. The sun is out and it is not boiling hot, a little chilly even! I was enjoying my ride and then a man rode by. And oh what a man.
First: He was *madly* pedaling his bike. Like "I will pee my pants in the next 20 seconds if I dont get home soon" fast.
Most importantly: He was wearing a surgeon's mask, SKI GOGGLES, and headphones. Did i mention the ski goggles? That is what really make me almost run into the pole.
I am no stranger to eating a few bugs on my bike rides and picking bugs out of my eye afterwards. But, as human beings are want to do, I learned from my mistakes so I keep my damn mouth shut when I ride my bike and I wear sunglass every.day. I prefer getting my protein from chicken not nasty bugs that have been godknowswhere. This guy, takes it a whole step further. He gives those bugs NO CHANCE to get near his eyes or mouth. Nosirbobsir.
Still giggling about the SKI GOGGLES, I stop at the red light down the street like the polite biker that doesnt want to get killed by a crossing car that I am. There is another biker waiting with me at the corner.
Now he is a professional biker because he was one of those spandex biker overall things on. with his (what I can only describe as) Hawaiian shirt underneath. Not to mention, the bottom half of this get up is BRIGHT BABY PIG PINK.
I nearly lose my balance from laughing as he takes off in front of me only to have a GIANT zucchini come flying out of his bag from hitting a bump. OMG it is so big. He notices something happened, but keeps riding away. I stop and pick up the veggie and try to yell after the man, but he is professionally biking way faster than me.
So here I am, with a giant zucchini in my hand trying to pedal as fast as I can to catch up with this Hawaiian shirt man and give it back to him. Ugh. He's too far away. It's a veggie right? Biodegradable? YES. *chuck* into the woods. "BE Free!" I shouted as I pedaled off into the sunlight.
I caught up with him at the next red light. I avoided eye contact.
TL;DR: this is not the skiing story. it's about bike rides.
