Consecutive bicycle work commute number 2184:

The heat/humidity wave seems to finally have broken. On Friday the high temp was in the mid-70s, where it has remained ever since. The last two mornings the temp has been around 45°F, and I've actually been a little chilly in shorts on my rides to work. In five months that will seem like a beach-day temperature, but I haven't adjusted yet.

On my way across town at lunch I'm probably going to stop by a car dealership. The transmission in my wife's car has been showing signs that it is nearing end of life, so we've begun the process of shopping for a different car for her. I'm not sure it's worth putting a new transmission in a 10-year-old Nissan. At the same time, I loathe the whole decision making/negotiation process involved in buying another car. I wish God would give me a big, giant, flashing neon sign telling me what the right thing to do is.

I've thought about just biting the bullet and fixing her old car, but I'd still have a lot of miles surrounding a new transmission. Plus, even when new the Nissan CVT transmissions are a ticking time bomb. And my wife has gotten a jones about upgrading to a car with AWD. As she's gotten older she's getting more and more gun-shy about driving in snow.

I always find it amusing to come home in the winter and hear her complain about how bad the roads were on her commute, as I'm standing there wearing my cycling gear.