Grace under fire

So now that the weather has gotten a bit better, I've taken my "new" bike (thanks to my mother in law) out twice now. It rocks! Today, I headed over to Dick's Sporting Goods to buy some new bike gear and out I went. Tim took the kids to my friend Christine's house and I biked over there. A good 7 mile ride. Ok. So it went better than I expected. I was a little nervous riding on semi-major thoroughfares, but I did well. No crashing on the way there. I saved that for the way home :-)

I took some detours on the way home, stopped at our "new" neighborhood (the one we are currently looking at for a potential move in, oh, a year or so) and came home. Crash # 1 occured as I was stopped at an intersection. Duh. I felt dumb. Crash # 2 occured as I was riding up the hill in our "new" neighborhood and apparently the gears did not like the way I was shifting. So. I am currently icing my little (no jokes, please) tushie and looking forward to a better ride tomorrow. Not that today's was bad. I guess there is a learning curve to everything, right? and I haven't ridden a bike like this in, 10-15 years? So, I think I'm good. Indoor cycle has helped a LOT. Maybe some pictures tomorrow...

Tonight, we are watching basketball and playing with our new toy...Guitar Hero! Yes, I am hooked. We jam out and it's awesome.