The ride in was slow and lazy. I just kind of meandered my way to work. It felt good.

The ride home was epic. The night dispatcher came in an hour early,so I left. I rode 6 miles instead of my usual 3, and went through two parks. The highlight of that whole ride was a pack of kids at one of the parks...seeing packs of kids at the park always makes me happy. Some parents still let their kids go beyond arms' reach! Yay!

Anyway, these kids were playing down by the creek, and they found snakes. They let me pet their snakes, asked me questions about them ("why do they shed?" "will this one bite me?" "are they poisonous?" "where are their fangs?") and were genuinely interested in my little mini-lesson about snakes.