I put my bike away a couple weeks before Christmas in order to spend a maximum amount of time at home enjoying visiting with our three daughters who were in town for the holidays. Well, since that day we've collected quite a blanket of snow and I've experienced several vehicle to vehicle near misses out on the roads.

We just put the last two girls on the train out of town. The house is quiet and peaceful once again (finally). I expect my old codgerly routine to fall back into place within the next few days, but something's missing.

I don't want to take my bike out, not just yet anyway. After seeing the mayhem out on the roads I want no part of it. I've completely lost my nerve. It's gone!

The sun peeked out from behind the clouds for a bit yesterday, the temp. actually got up into the low 20's and the road salt is doing a fine job yet I drove to work this morning as the weather dude is calling for a trace of snow this afternoon! Can you imagine an upstater being nervous over a Trace of Snow?!?!

So at least for the near future, Old Cranky is going to have to make do with the Airdyne down in the basement and I'll be driving my Lil' Pickup truck back and forth to work.

This makes me feel so old.