First outdoor ride in the past week and only bike commute this week. My wife and I went to the beach (without bikes) last weekend, and it has been raining nonstop here ever since we got back. The remnants of TS Julia have been parked over North Carolina for the past week and we've had cloudy skies and intermittent rain (at times heavy) the entire time. It's still cloudy this morning but the rain finally stopped and it's supposed to clear off this afternoon.

My week off the bike totally threw off my morning routine. I had reinstalled the dynamo light system on my main commuter bike last weekend but haven't been able to test it due to the nonstop rain. After leaving for work this morning, I quickly realized the front light wasn't coming on. So I stopped and fiddled with the wires, realizing that the plus/minus wires were inserted in the wrong holes in the front hub. After riding about 3/4 to work, I realized that the back light still wasn't working, so I stopped again at a bus stop with a bench that I could lean my bike on. I took my eyeglasses off and laid them on the bench because I can't focus up close with them on. I fixed the wiring for the rear light, but stupidly left my glasses lying on the bench when I restarted. Unfortunately, I didn't realize my omission until I had ridden all the way to work, taken a shower and got dressed. As I was packing up my gear in the locker room, I realized that my glasses were missing, and remembered laying them on the bench but not putting them back on.

My office is about 3 miles from the bus stop where I left my glasses, but I didn't want to put back on my wet, smelly cycling clothes and ride another 6 miles. So I called my daughter, who lives a couple blocks from my office, and asked her for a ride. Fortunately, she was home and was able to give me a lift. My glasses where still laying on the bench, right where I left them, so the story has a happy ending. They are prescription glasses that cost me about $400, so I would have been sick if they were gone. I treated my daughter and her boyfriend to some coffee at Starbucks for her trouble.

Hopefully the rest of my day will go a little smoother.