Thanks I want to build up my stamina a little before I start because its been so long. All I need is to jump right into commuting by bike and then be so wiped out/jelly legged I can't work a 8-9 hour shift! Of course, that decision is helped by the fact that I woke up this morning to a torrential downpour that occasionally lightens to a medium/light rain before going back LOL

I started researching the lights.... I'm torn between "see or be seen" right now. I know the route extremely well already.

Any shopping I'd be doing would be minor, only a couple items from the close grocery stores when needed. I'd do my major shopping by car, as I usually combine my main shopping with my disabled sister's shopping. (Though I would say, in my area, some people are rather... ingenious? There's one man who goes to the grocery store with his son by bike... and I see them riding home pulling rolling suitcases behind them and balancing flats of water and soda on their handlebars!)

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