Diary: An excursion with my Excursion!!

April 22, 2001

Oh. My. God. Today I had the craziest morning. I totally almost ran over some crazy idiot on a bike while I was on my way to the gym. I was turning right onto 23rd and I had to slam on the brakes, because the aforementioned BONEHEAD thought he could weasel past me on his "bike lane." Now I'm all for bike commuting and what not, but hello! It was pouring down rain today. Like I'm really supposed to be on the lookout for psycho bikers lurking in my blind spot?!

Anyway, fortunately my Ford Excursion comes equipped with ABS brakes, so Mr. "One Less Car" got away this time, but unless he learns to watch his ass, next time there's gonna be one less bike and it won't be my fault!

Naturally I was pretty shaken up when I got to the gym, so I really took it out on the treadmill. I walked four miles in just over 36 minutes! I'll be down to a 9 minute mile in no time!

On my way back home I had another road-related scare; I almost ran out of gas! I know, I know, how could I be so careless!? Especially when the gym is less than a mile from our house? Well I guess all those trips to the store, picking up the twins from soccer and weekly Sierra club meetings add up! Fortunately, I was able to coast on fumes over to Chevron. I averted disaster this time, but will I be so lucky next time?