wipeout
i had my first truly superb wipeout on the bike today. i tried to take a corner just a bit too fast... on ice... and the bike just kept on going straight, while i went straight down. the trailer had the poor grace to try and run over me while i was still flailing on the ground, but it didn't quite make it over my leg. of course i sprang right back to my feet, looked around to make sure no-one was watching, then hopped back on the bike and zipped around the corner before i stopped to make sure i wasn't mortally wounded.i wasn't.
it was pretty funny, though. i had been just thinking about how i had almost mastered this whole "biking in winter" thing, then next thing i know, wham, i'm on the ground and seeing stars.
later on in the day i stopped at a house to make a delivery... i'd tried to deliver a package there earlier this week, but no-one had been home then so i was expecting the same scenario. i was just about to leave, when the door opened and a woman answered it. here's a transcript of our conversation:
her: "oh, hi! how are you?"
me: "yourself?"
(brief sidenote: my intent was to reply, "good, and yourself?" but somehow even this simple conversational tool was well beyond my grasp. i blame the cold)
(insert long awkward pause as we both try and figure out what the heck i'm trying to say...)
me: "good i am. thanks." (hands off package and runs for bike. tries to smoothly hop onto bike but instead almost falls over sideways. realized that i sounded like i had taken grammer lessons from yoda)
i laughed about that one for the rest of the day. as, i suspect, did she.
king kong looks pretty amazing. i think i need to see it. very soon.
-noonan-
posted by Patrick @ 10:25 PM
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