finally got to ride a bike

i haven't ridden in forever, today i felt good (for the first time in a while) and the weather was cooperating (sort of) and the trails were dry, so we went for a ride.  

february in colorado, out these parts it’s warm and sunny and the ground is dry. we went for a ride, it was windy, it was chilly, but it was pretty damn nice, because we were riding bikes in february.
coming down the drop in, i managed to fall nicely. i was fine, got up, and i felt something odd with my hand. thank the gods i had gloves on, because i grabbed the upper half of my left pointer finger, and without thinking about it, instinctively snapped it to the right, back in place, where it belongs. thankfully i did it before i realized what i had done, perhaps i was in a minor state of shock, and i’m thankful for it.
since it was pretty much at the beginning of the ride, my finger was pretty useless for the majority of the ride, which meant braking was a bit not that fun. holy crap i was tired too, i hadn’t really been on a bike for about a month, went for that short ride a few days ago, and now this. being all sick didn’t help much i’m sure, but although i was coughing like a 3 pack a day smoker, my lungs seemed to work ok, and they felt good.
after the ride, back at the truck, i had a bit of medicinal brownie, and now my finger feels fine and i can type. tonight we go to Ross’s house for moive night. i should be feeling way past fine in a few hours.
great day, despite the messed up finger which doesn’t bend too well.

bleh

i have not ridden a bicycle in about a month.  i did finally go to the doctor, when it hurt to breathe, and it turned out i had some kind of bacteria infection in my lungs and nose, so i'm on antibiotics.  yay, i got that going for me.   i want ride my damn bicycle. 

tomorrow, sunday, i work.  then monday i drive to amarillo texas, road trip for a week, then i'm back on friday.  hopefully after that i will be able to start riding regularly again.  i feel like i'm getting older and fatter and slower each day i don't get on a bicycle. 

and now i will actually get on a bicycle and ride the whole mile to the bar and get a beer.  my first ride in quite a while, and i'm actualy getting out of the house instead of sleeping on the couch.