Fat Man: Ride in the Rain and other thoughts.
Earlier today I had been off and about with Dave. We had hit a book store and I had picked up a book on Minnesota road trails. It helped me get some more ideas of places to ride that are fairly local to my house. Though until I am a little bit more in shape I am going to stick to some of the routes that I know.
Tonight I had modified my trip off an idea from the book as it would have been a more central meeting place for Sam and I as I thought that he was going to ride with me. Sam did as Sam sometimes does and he bitched out and bailed just before we were going to meet. Though this was a new route for me so I decided to take the route anyways.
House -> Hiawatha -> Parkway -> Lakes -> Back home the way that I usually take when I am hitting the lakes.
A few things beat up on me this ride though. First was that I took a long ride last night. I am not sure which ride was longer but it didn't help. Second was the fact that it started to rain early on and while it stopped shortly after it left me moist and it was humid the rest of the way home. The parkway is a bit more hilly then when I just do the Greenway.
Though on this ride I spend a the whole time listening to MPR podcasts I had a bit of time to think. Honestly I spend very little time actually paying attention to the shows.
One thing that struck me was the fact that since becoming a parent a lot of my relationships have changed. One observation that I have made is that my relationship with other parents have really suffered in the last two years. With friends that have no known children things have stayed mostly the same. I think that for some reason we have to some degree become a bit more hyper critical of each other. I will be the first one to state that I am not an innocent on this but it is really getting lame. Part of my frustration is that it seems that there is so much going on that it is hard to get a handle.
At some point I should flesh out this thought but I am too tired now.