Great morning ride in. I had excuses to not ride--had to drive my DD somewhere this morning, anyway, so I was already in the car, and I also had to transport an extra duffel bag in with me--but I didn't use them.

I felt like an arbiter of good cheer on two wheels, this morning. There seemed to be an unusual number of people who were coming out of parking lots or intersections to my right, and in almost every case they had enough time (and appropriate gap in the cars going past) that if they'd wanted to, they could have gone before I quite got there. Since I have learned here at BF that just 'cause they appear to be focused in your direction doesn't mean they actually see you, I'd smile and wave to see if I got a response. They all smiled back and most of them gave a little nod or wave back, too. All very nice and polite and not in a rush or annoyed at the mere presence of Ms. Fred, here.

Then, I hit most of the lights green, which is nice, but it also means I end up working a lot harder. If I'm coming up on it and it's still green, I need to get up some speed. Otherwise, if the light changes to yellow just as I hit the intersection, my usual happy little 12 mph speed won't get me all the way across these 6-lane streets before it turns red. It's against my moral code to stop for a yellow light but I do not want to be just halfway across when cross traffic starts thinking it can go! So I pedal HARD.

Happy to be here this morning.