I rode bike to work today. My records of riding show that before today, the last time I rode to work was on Monday of last week. So 8 days ago, really? I guess so.

I find that I get a fair bit of exercise when I don't commute by bike because the half-mile walk between home and the subway station takes me a few minutes and I walk very briskly. Then I have a lot of stairs to climb when I get out of the subway. Then with either mode, I have a lot of stairs to climb at work, as I work on the 5th floor, and we have no elevator. So either way, I get exercise. Today I noticed it's more "even" on the bike, i.e. no bursts of energy to climb stairs until I get to the building. Of course, the vigor of the commute is largely in my control. I could do it gently, but I don't since I think that overall, I don't have enough exercise in my life.

I'm starting to see that the interior of the school is vastly overheated and I need to rethink what I wear. Many of the teachers wear just a t-shirt inside, and I see why. I've been wearing a wool t-shirt as an undershirt and then a dress shirt on top of that. Dress shirts are not cool. Maybe I should switch to polo shirts. I just don't feel comfortable wearing a t-shirt to a job, any job. Maybe I need to get over that. But the last two days have been hard with the overheating. It's a very old building with steam heat. I don't understand steam heat well but apparently, it can't react quickly to a thermostat. I guess efficiency goes down when it goes off and on. So buildings with steam heat tend to be overheated.