Sorry here about the convergence of negatives right around yr B-day. Do these things happen for a reason? I used to think so - now I think s**t happens and that is just it and it is, as you well know, how you deal with it.

At least you've got your bicycles, the day after your birthday is a Saturday after all, perhaps a pair of sunglasses will enable you to ride. I've NEVER been able to do those really cool things that I thought I should get to do on my birthday - things come up, s**t happens, something else more time-critical comes along but somehow if the activity is really important to me, getting to do it within a day or two works out fine. It's not like it's your first birthday nor your 50th!

You still da' Man, Gary, so sigh and oink around a bit, put the pieces back together, gather yourself with stubborn chin jutted out and RIDE!