Congratulations are in order! A 5-day commute week is a rite of passage in my book. I haven't done it lately myself. The first week or so after the holiday break was hectic and I drove much more than rode. Starting Wednesday, though, I decided to ride (even though I had off-site meetings) and got away with it. I have intentions of riding every day for the next month but I have no earthly idea if I'll follow through or not. But it would be neat to celebrate the first anniversary of my first bicycle commute (Feb 11) with a solid month of no car for work.

As for this morning.... 22F; balmy for you upper-midwesterners but people around here think I'm absolutely nuts for riding in weather like this. It was calm this morning so frankly it was no big deal. It was the maiden voyage with the balaclava I got for Christmas. I learned that every time I stop I have to pull it down under my mouth so I don't steam up my glasses. Luckily at 22F you don't really need full skin coverage.