Consecutive bicycle work commute number 2035:

2°F air temp this morning with a 10 mph headwind. I woke up with a case of "the Mondays" and really didn't have much motivation to ride, or to do anything else for that matter. As I'm (so far unsuccessfully) trying to teach my son, responsibility trumps desire, so I ignored how I felt and prepared to ride as usual.

The streets looked mostly clear from my living room window. With my low motivation level I wasn't all that enthusiastic about riding a slow, hard-to-pedal winter bike. I seriously contemplated taking my hybrid bike, or maybe even my road bike. However, I wasn't sure how much ice was going to be on the MUP. Plus, my winter bikes have bar mitts on them which keep the hands much warmer. In the end I decided to suck it up and ride the winter bike with studded tires.

As it turned out, there was barely any ice left on the MUP. I could have easily taken the road bike. Perhaps I will take it tomorrow if we don't get any snow later today. There's a 25% chance of light snow in the afternoon, but they have been wildly inaccurate with the snow predictions this season, so we may get nothing or we may get a foot.

The water heater at the client's office must be on the fritz, as the showers have been getting cooler and cooler for a while now. This morning they were ice cold. I opted to skip the cold shower right after a single digit commute. I put on an extra coat of deodorant so hopefully that will suffice.