Saturday night we headed up to Charlottesville with some friends to see Feist in concert. Lots of fun.

This weekend I dropped a pretty penny on a new bicycle. My plan is to ride it to work on pretty much a daily basis. I’ll get in shape, and also save money on gas, and also reduce those evil carbon fuel emissions. I got a Trek 7.3 FX. It’s lighter than Geneva’s Disney Princess bike.

And so, today, the first business day since the purchase, I rode it to work. Never mind that there’s a steady rain… I am going to use this bike come hell or high water! It took me 21 minutes to ride in. Depending on traffic, it’s 10-15 minutes to drive here. Not bad, if I do say so myself. That’s with me walking up part of a steep hill, and having jelly legs five minutes into the ride. I won’t list the rain as a limiting factor, because it kept me cool.

The biggest problem with the whole commuting to work thing is that I am a sweaty individual. I brought work clothes in (and deodorant!), but I still am afraid of the days when its 80 degrees and 95% humidity at 0700[1].

[1] that might be a slight exaggeration.