First commute since the day before Turkey Day. The partial muscle tear in my calf hurt some during the ride but not as bad as I'd feared. It hurts more now because I'm sitting too much at work.

Great commute today. First, the hawk that lives at the end of my street "greeted" me this morning, calling a couple of times as I rode past. Then the rest of the ride was great too--I even ran into and passed another commuter from my building, a guy whose bike I've seen many times on the rack but never spoken with. He arrived a few minutes after I, and we chatted some on the way into the building.