yikes!

I really am terrifically out of condition, even for me. I went out for a ride this morning, and it took me ages to get any sort of rhythm going. I was *tired* and had to take several breaks, which isn't usually the case on my morning route (~5.6 miles). I really *need* to start making this a daily habit, or some morning I'm going to roll out of bed and say "Jabba tu-wonga, Nicholas!" to my waiting cat...

I had a very nice but unproductive weekend. I got almost nothing done, with the exception of a trip to the farmers' market with Da Grrls on Saturday morning and a trip to the recycling center with redactrice on Saturday afternoon. She was a terrific help shifting all my cardboard and paper; it's so nice to get all of that out of the house and back into the recycling stream. Sunday I went (delayed by my own tardiness and a Beltway accident) up to MD and spent the afternoon shooting several of gr_c17's arsenal of exotic weaponry. He can correct me on the makes and models, but we tried out a rifle, two carbines, and two revolvers. I'd never shot a modern pistol before, so that was quite interesting. We had a late lunch, and I came back and read and napped until evening, when shy_kat made a delisvious dinner that I was invited to. I helped clean up, then she and I played a card game until bedtime. A very pleasant day!

I've hijacked "Wicked" from their library pile and am munching it up--it's quite enjoyable, and a terrifically interesting way to approach someone else's story, taking all the background (I remember a bit of Oz from being addicted to all of Baum's books in grade school) and subtly reshaping it.

OK, time for a shower and work.

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Well, that may explain the trouble I was having pedaling this morning.

I stopped at the bike store on the way home and picked up a pressure gauge (it struck me that I had gotten a hand pump but not a gauge) and checked the tire pressure. Erm, this gauge seems to be broken. It's not registering anything. *feels sides of tires* Crap! There's no pressure--that's why it's not registering anything! *pump, pump, pumpity pump pump* Checks pressure again--20+ psi. Keep pumping, 30+ psi. The tires say 40-65 psi, but it's very tough going with the pump at this point, so I'm going to leave it at that for the moment. I'll check them in the morning and see if there seems to be a slow leak.

It may just be time. Rupert has been part of the family for almost a year! His "birthday" is on Wednesday; I'll have to do something nice for him. Like give him a bath. :-) (The trail was very muddy today!)