"That's the worst part about this," David said. "I don't want to leave you without the car."
"Cause I'd use it if you did," I reply sarcastically.
I don't like to drive. It's not the mechanical act that bugs me, because on an empty highway with the tunes cranked it's pretty good, and I like driving go-carts and things like that. I hate driving around other people, all of us wielding massive metal machines with just our hands, I hate driving around traffic laws, because they seem super easy to break, and I hate using a several ton polluting machine to haul my 135 pound butt a mile to pick up something from the grocery store. Seems overkill to drive in town. I'm not anti-car, they are very useful for when it's very cold, or you need to go a couple hundred miles (preferably not taking all weekend to do so), or for picking up milk, box-wine, and pizza. I just personally don't like driving and it seems the lazy option, the easy way out.
So, David is leaving for the weekend and taking the car, largely because he needs to go a hundred miles or so. Very practical. And I have some stuff I need to do this weekend and some stuff I want to do this weekend, with no car.
Challenge accepted. With my bike.
So tonight, I want to get pizza. I have, actually, gotten pizza on my bike before. So I'll be hunting down a sweatshirt I can use to tie it to my handlebars again.
Tomorrow I need to go take pictures of one of Dad's houses, but that barely counts because I could walk to that house. And then I have a work shift at like 9:30. PM. Maybe I'll stop by Bike World and get my headlamp battery replaced.
Sunday. I might be lazy and listen to the message from the Internet. Shame shame, I know. Then maybe go on a bike ride with Mom because it's actually supposed to be nice that day, and all next week (did I mention it's not going to get above 40 degrees until then?).
Also, I have a coupon for a free movie rental from Family Video, over in West Ames. They're advertising Into the Woods, which I want to see, but I don't think David would appreciate. So maybe I'll do that tomorrow too. We'll see if I get to all/some/any of this stuff. Well, I have to get to the pizza. Already ordered.
I'll be posting this after David gets back. Don't particularly like advertising I'm home alone without a car.
Update 1: I made with the pizza just fine, although some of the people waiting at Pizza Hut were rubbernecking to see what I was doing. Stripping off my sweatshirt and using it to lash my pizza to my bike that I had with me in the lobby. Yum, pizza.
Update 2: Saturday was as-planned. Light obtained. Work... worked. Ride home uneventful.
Update 3: Sunday I was lazy and listened to the sermon on the Internet as soon as they uploaded it. I did not go on a bike ride with Mom because the wind was like 30 miles per hour from the West. We went on a walk and almost became kites. For the same reason, I did not bike to Family Video. It's west.
So did I meet the challenge? Eh. I did everything I needed to do (work and picture taking). I didn't do everything I wanted to do. I guess I'll take it. It's so great to be able to bike again and transport myself again. I love Spring.
