Yowza! I'm biking to work!

Most of you know that I have not been mentioning any cycling ... 'cause I ain't been doing any ...

BUT ...

I finally tuned up my mountain bike and added all my new toys to make it possible to ride to work ... rack, saddle bags, slicks, lock ... then I got everything ready for the next day ... toiletries, lunch, $$ and other stuff from my purse, and folded up my clothes neatly and placed it on the kitchen table to avoid getting wrinkled.

Woke up late the next morning and threw everything into my bags. Rode to work and was very proud of myself. Realised I'd forgotten something very important and rode back home, feeling really stupid. Picked up my clothes from the kitchen table and headed off again to work.

Well, at least I finally got in some decent distance ... 60k in all!

I rode to work yesterday too and really felt my 12 1/2 hour day on the way back home while riding into the wind in the total dark.

I see the sun shining, originally uploaded by Irongoddess.

Hey, I've joined Flickr, a cool photo site. Catch me there for pics of my trip to Toronto and others!

The hard thing about ...

The hard thing about working weird hours is that it can throw the whole schedule out of sync. That's how I feel today, my entire day feels wasted and I have no motivation to go out and run in the snow. Wouldn't even have time ... have dance practice soon.

But for the moment, I'm sitting here still in comfie pyjamas not wanting to get dressed to face the rest of my evening. Ever get those moments where you just want to be home, doing nothing but catching up on little things? And of course staying in pyjamas is par for the course. Well, I guess I asked for it ... it's been quite the social week.

As much as I am an extrovert, I have this very sensitive introverted introspective side that just needs peace and quiet, that needs just not to make any more effort than I have to and just relax at home. Yup, I am an introverted extrovert homebody. I would be a hermit too if I didn't seem to have so much of my life focused around people and events.

Funny, I seem to organize things for groups of people often enough, and do enjoy seeing everyone have fun, but my preference is more of a one-on-one or small intimate group setting. But the best setting is me and my pyjamas. No, actually my favourite is me and my kids and our pyjamas.


Ahem ... training? What dat?


Here's some pics taken recently of me by JC. First, getting ready for a night out ...









And then on my way downtown to celebrate Chinese New Year over dim sum with a friend. Happy Year of the Pig!