CELEBRATION TIME
Yesterday was a BIG DAY in our household --- Friday, March 28, 2008, was the day that completed seven years of riding an indoor or outdoor bike for the genius. That represents 2557 straight days of riding through all kinds of adverse circumstances including surgeries, illnesses, back pain, my complaining, etc. And he averaged approximately twelve miles per day.
So of course that called for a celebration! But --- before we could begin to plan where we would eat out (the way we celebrate everything!), we had to wait to see if he got his miles in yesterday. Heaven forbid, the bike may have had a flat tire, or he might have fallen down the steps and broken a leg, or any catastrophe could have occurred.
So we dare not count the chickens until they hatched, or in this case, we couldn’t count the miles until they were over and done with. As soon as he finished, he went outside on campus in his gym clothes and called me, so we could plan the celebration. (I wish I had a picture to post of that!)
So we decided to go to Sperry’s, his favorite restaurant, at my treat. During the course of the evening he proceeded to undo all the physical benefits of the bike ride by eating a huge meal: clam chowder, salad with lots of dressing, bread with butter, halibut Oscar, and for dessert, bananas foster, all washed down with two glasses of merlot. He enjoyed it thoroughly.
As for me, I can agree with my nephew, Steve, when he said that Friday, March 28, 2008, marked seven years in which he did NOT ride a bike!
But, as the genius said this morning, “On to YEAR EIGHT!”
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