baaaack in the saaaaadle

I rode in to work today, which wasn't too traumatic, save for the 40 degree weather and all the junk in the bikelane (remnants of Snowpocalypse! 2008). I may wind up sore tomorrow (before my massage), but it'll be worth it, because what a splendid thing, this riding. It's the mobility, for me. It's the think I'll go here, no, I'll go here! thing. It's the not waiting half an hour for a bus (as I did last night after the MRI) and it's the not circling around looking for parking. It's also the breathing, the straining, the wind and the rain, the sound of my tires, the birds, the creaks and moans of me and my machina.

I'm blessed.