still gorgeous weather, sunny and cool every day. so today i leave my rain pants at home and it clouds up during the day. still made it home without getting precipitated upon.

some days i just seem to hit a trough where even though i feel just like always and i think i'm riding just like always, i can't get anywhere near the times i've let myself start feeling entitled to. whenever it happens i feel all surly and churlish and childish and mad, like i'm being ripped off by something. this has been one of those weeks, so i want my medal for determination.

i still haven't done anything about my car. i'm getting kind of alarmed by myself; it must be almost a month since it died. i keep kind of making this appointment with myself to care, and then not doing it. it gets harder and harder to take cars seriously if they're not doing anything useful for you. this week i found myself mentioning to someone that i grocery-shop by bike too. they were shocked, but honest, the thought of driving anywhere just makes me want to climb under the bedclothes and sulk. it's a slippery slope, this bike thing.