Had some sort of bug that took me out for 4 days. I was too sick to go anywhere. Today I felt well enough to go back to work, so I decided I must also be well enough to get back on the bike.

This morning was the first above freezing we've had since fall, at 36F. That was the good news. The bad news is that it is pouring rain, and projected to rain for two days. They're predicting that we'll get up to 3 inches of rain. Unfortunately, the ground is still snow covered and frozen, and the storm sewers are snow blocked and frozen. This rain has nowhere to go but intersections and basements. Flooding is already becoming an issue and if we get the full 3" it's going to be real ugly here.

Because of the temp, rain and the fact that I've been sick I decided to do the mixed commute this morning where I rode about a mile to the bus stop, took the bus downtown, then rode another half mile to the client's office. I probably wound up getting just as wet while standing at the bus stop waiting versus just riding the full four miles in. Oh well.

Both of the clips on one of my Ortlieb city roller panniers has broken so it will no longer latch (might have to rig something together for the ride home in the rain.) I sent an email to Ortlieb. Hopefully there's a way to just replace the plastic clips as everything else is in good shape and I would hate to have to replace the whole bag just because the clips broke.