~ spotty banana ~
I made a point of taking a few days off of work in order to go to Arkansas for a trip that has since been cancelled. I've been thinking of using the time to go to the Star Trek convention in Las Vegas.
It was only 97 degrees yesterday and that 8 degree difference from what I'm used to felt substantially cooler. So, I took myself on a road ride. I haven't ridden my bicycle since the weekend of July 7th. I know, I know, ten days off the bike! My world has been cold and hollow. Anyway, I waited until the evening to go ride, and I suspect the temperature had fallen to about 92. It was such a fun ride! On the way out, I had a strong tailwind and was peddling a constant 27 mph. On the way back, the headwind/sidewind made peddling quite difficult and I averaged about 11 mph with considerable effort. But, still fun.
I keep trying to get up the courage to participate in some group rides. I had gone on a few beginner rides, which weren't much fun. And I've made contact with some intermediate and advanced groups that hold regular rides. I just feel totally shy about going to one of these all by my lonesome. I was going to go on one last night, but when the time came, I chickened out.
At the moment, I'm not feeling so great. I had a rather stressful last week and weekend, combined with a lot of emotional ups and downs, mainly downs. Currently, I'm feeling extremely sad and lonely for no apparent reason.