Had a good ride home, traffic on Adelaide was heavy as ever due to the construction between Spadina and Yonge (at various places).

Going east of Yonge, crossing the final parts of the streetcar tracks and I feel my water bottle out of its cage, looked down and it's balancing precariously on the top of the cage - I signal, move left and brake to stop and fix it up, so of course good ol' momemtum throws the bottle into the path of the car behind/passing me - under the car and then under a rear wheel it goes, luckily it 'bounced' and flew up onto the sidewalk - where a kind lady was good enough to pass it over to me. Damaged, but still holds water, all is well. Allow me to now comment on the terrible condition of Adelaide St. - the bumps is what jossled my bottle free, having to pull up over them (some holes/cracks/grates are a good 1-2" deep) - I might try an alternative tomorrow, I'm starting not to enjoy that short stretch of my commute - the traffic and insanity it brings is a bit too stressful for what I'd like to be a good ride.

Crossing the Bloor viaduct, I get a nice remark on my vest from a lady I said Hi to at a red light. Then, heading over the bridge itself and I was going along at my usual 20-21mph (I think due to the windshielding on the sides, I always seem to get a really nice smooth speed going on there) and a guy on a mountain bike (which I also ride) really blew by me... I was thinking "holy **** he's fast" - must've been 5mph faster (if not more), kudos to that guy. If anyone is that guy or knows him, he was wearing these unmistakable BIG white woolly/winter socks - it still amazes me, heh - I've been passed before, no shock really, but that really blew me away.

Drivers were awesome tonight, had one guy stop at a green to let me cross (turning left), he held up the traffic for me - very good of him, I thanked with a wave as always (I thank drivers for not turning in front of me anyway, I hope it makes them realise I'm a human and worth waiting 5 seconds for).

Again, was way too warm on the way home - I stopped off to drop my backpack and get a prescription to take to the pharmacy, and man did I ever realise what a great back warmer/insulator my backpack is - I sure noticed a difference when that sucker came off. Still, the clothing stuff is all experimentation.