Wow, thanks everyone (again) - seriously. One nice thing about previously being on the wagon, even if you've fallen off? It's amazingly easy to get the focus back. I've been working out about an hour every day, and commuting. Today I just made two huge leaps forward that I'm super stoked about, which should help firm up this life change.

First, I previously kept a car at work to use on work errands. This allowed me to bike commute, while still being available to drive somewhere if needed. Downside of this was, of course, that it made it easy for me to wimp out at the end of the day (when I'm generally the weakest) and drive home. Well.. the economics of my family owning three cars for two drivers, one of which who drives extremely rarely made me go "okay, this is ridiculous". We have cars at work, so today I lobbied successfully to get formal approval to use work cars for whatever work errands I need to do. Score! Now I'm going to sell both my "stay at work car" and my pickup, then replace both with a thrifty Subaru wagon (which can haul bikes + kids!) - and leave it at home.

Second, I FINALLY got off my butt and got keys for our showers (which are being used for storage), and am moving everything out so I can actually use them. Double score! Now I can wake up, hit the bike for a nice long ride, then come in to work and be ready to rock.

I'm most excited about 1, because really owning so many vehicles has been both irrational and a source of stress. I don't want to sell my truck because like most I have some odd "bond" with it (I won't lie, I love that big V8 powered beast), but it makes no sense to keep paying for it. My car, well, I just don't like it at all and it makes no sense that it should stay at work all the time. I get reimbursed for mileage, sure, but the maintenance stuff is still there. And, finally, it removes the excuse to drive home (which, ironically, I use quite a bit while I rarely if ever use the excuse to drive in).

Changes are a comin'...