Hey Darth Lefty, sorry to hear about your son. I will pray your family.

Consecutive bicycle work commute number 1747:

Originally it was supposed to rain all day today. When I got up this morning, everything was dry and the forecast had changed to where it didn't look like it would rain until about 6 PM. I had a split-commute today where I worked in the morning at our company office, then worked at a client's office in the afternoon. The wind was blowing hard, and I really didn't want to try to push my hybrid bike against it. I decided to gamble and took the road bike.

An hour after I arrived at work it started pouring rain. I thought maybe I would have a squishy ride across town at lunch, but then the skies cleared up and the sun came out. However, the forecast had changed where the chances for rain increased around 3 PM, and by 5 PM was 100%.

My route to the client's office passed about 1.25 miles from my house. I decided to take a short detour and go home and swap bikes for the hybrid with fenders. I haven't ridden anything but my road bike since 7/5 so it felt a bit unfamiliar. Fighting the 30 mph wind and rain on the way home tonight won't be much fun, but I guess it comes with the territory.

The last four days the temps have been in the 90s, and we've set records each day for the warmest it's ever been on the corresponding days in September/October. Today it has cooled down to 83°F. Even with the cooler temp I still arrived at the client's office a sweaty mess. The fact that I gorged myself at lunch during our annual office chili contest probably didn't help that fact.

Got my flu shot this morning. As I type this it feels like someone gave me a Hurts Donut in my left arm.