New Bike; Spring is finally here!

Hooray! Spring is finally here. The last 3 days have been warm (in the 50’s) Dry, and sunny. Perfect.

Tony & Me

(Me out with A from work on his last night in Berlin – yes, that’s a drinking hat I have on there!)
What’s funny is that I bought a new bike last Wednesday (see above)- and that’s when it slowly quit raining and started warming up. It’s a great bike, and I have been dying to ride it. Amusingly enough – by Sunday, it was officially bike riding weather – and yes, darlings, I am doing my best to use it to and from work.
Thursday found me with the new bike – peeling off the decals and spray painting it a bright lime green and an iridescent purple/green reflective color over the original gray. Best I can say is that I made it as drippy and bad looking as possible – to help prevent it from getting stolen like the first mountain bike here was.

The New Bike:

Day 42: New Bike
I sold the old bike (it was a girls city bike which means it was made for transporting the groceries and etc.) and got another mountain bike. Yeah – you know me… pop the curb, jump the pothole, slide down the stairs… and keep on biking – in traffic no less. (Thank God for helmets, right?)
So, if you see some chick in red jacket, sunglasses, and riding a bike like the one above while jamming to one ear of MP3 player tunes – yeah, it’d most likely be me….
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Getting ready for visitors

I’ve got a work colleague who’s headed down for work this week. For the weekends, he’s crashing on my sofa (I figure I crashed in his spare room while I was in Ireland – the least I could do was trade off the favor, right?!?) . In truth, for anyone who knows me, I’m putting him in my room on the bed, then I will wind up on the pullout couch with the dog. (How mean would that be – not only do you have to sleep on the sofa, but you have to fight with the dog for space!!)

Anyhow, I’m looking forward to playing hostess, planning the best trip through Berlin for site seeing and a few outings to make sure he’s just as smashed as I was in Ireland for the first couple days. It’ll be great. Now… if I can just finish getting everything (final clean wise) ready….

Post more next week – and hopefully with a few pictures of me – since I’ll have someone to snap a few.

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Insomnia and weird dreams…

Last night I couldn’t sleep. I just couldn’t. It wasn’t like I was bothered by anything major, nor like I felt stressed. I just didn’t feel tired. When I finally did get to sleep around 3:30 am, I turned off my 5:30 alarm and figured on sleeping until 10 or 11 in the morning. HAH. It’s 8:20 and I’m awake. Have been for a few hours.

Thing is that when I woke up, the record player in my head was playing a song. It happens sometimes, whatever that “I can learn a song in 3 listens” thing is kicks in and repeats the song while I’ve been dreaming. Dreams set to music.

Anyhow, after taking the dog out, doing a bit more laundry, and making breakfast, I realized I was still singing the song. I guess it was supposed to be my subconsious or my guardian angels telling me everything’s going to be ok and to quit stressing. So, what song is it?

Funny enough, it’s So Far Away by Staind.

Lyrics:
This is my life
It’s not what it was before
All these feelings I’ve shared
These are my dreams
That I’d never lived before
Somebody shake me ’cause I
I must be sleeping

Now that we’re here, it’s so far away
All the struggle we thought was in vain
All the mistakes of one life contained
They all finally start to go away
Now that we’re here, it’s so far away
And I feel like I can face the day
I can forgive, and I’m not ashamed
To be the person I am today

These are my words
That I’ve never said before
I think I’m doing okay
And this is the smile
That I’ve never shown before
Somebody shake me ’cause I
I must be sleeping

Now that we’re here, it’s so far away
All the struggle we thought was all in vain
All the mistakes of one life contained
They all finally start to go away
Now that we’re here, it’s so far away
And I feel like I can face the day
I can forgive, and I’m not ashamed
To be the person I am today

I’m so afraid of waking
Please don’t shake me
Afraid of waking
Please dont shake me

Now that we’re here, it’s so far away
All the struggle we thought was in vain
All the mistakes of one life contained
They all finally start to go away
Now that we’re here, it’s so far away
And I feel like I can face the day
I can forgive, and I’m not ashamed
To be the person I am today

I can forgive, and I’m not ashamed
To be the person I am today

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