I’d forgotten the combination on my bike lock and was not looking forward to taking cutters to the cable to get it off. I watched the video, and in under two minutes I had the mad skills of a master locksmith. Yay!

Okay, maybe not the master of anything other than being a somewhat absent minded bicyclist. I can be at peace with that.

I can’t be at peace with is how easy it is to hack my own lock. If some idiot watching a 1 minute YouTube video (that would be me) can unlock my lock in the next minute– how safe is my bike? Maybe I should just scrap the lock and buy a more secure one. But what if I lose the key or forget the combination again and it’s not hackable? Then I lose the lock because calling a locksmith would cost more than taking cutters to the lock, I have prior experience with this very dilemma– can you tell?

I was going to head down to the library today, I forgot that it was Sunday and they tend to frown on patrons breaking in and perusing the books when they are closed so I’ll have to wait until tomorrow.

After being beaten up for years on bicycles, I finally have one that has front and rear shocks and is the right sized frame. Where have these things been all my life? I love my bicycle and it does not (literally or figuratively) kick my butt. Sure, it’s lavender with huge nerdy flowers on it, and I can’t really imagine myself bombing down rad trails at skull smashing speeds (I’ve tried, just can’t imagine it) but I’m managing curbs and stairs rather well.

I’m only slightly paranoid when it comes to dealing with street traffic, Stayton isn’t exactly as bike friendly of a city as Portland but there are bike paths and drivers seem to be aware of bicyclists and skaters. It’s not as terrifying as one might think.

There’s something deep down soul fulfilling about throwing a few handfuls of alpaca roving into my bag with a spindle and peddling down to one of the parks for a few moments of spinning. With as hectic as my life has been, I need the quiet and the calm, away from interruptions and paperwork and the telephone.