I am home from home.

I had the most wonderful vacation home. I was able to see the people I wanted to see and spend time with my family. I wish I could spend more time with them, but I know after a while the draw of the city lights would bring me back here.

On Friday, back here in Chicago, I had a bunch of errands to do. One of them was getting my bike tuned up. This seemed like a huge bother, because I had to bike over, then take the bus home, wait for them to call me, and then to bus back to get my back. But afterwards I biked downtown to visit a friend and it was then that I realized how much my bike needed the tune up. It was much nicer biking afterwards. I figured I biked about 20 miles that day. It was glorious. I did get rained on, but that was refreshing.

This week has presented new challenges with biking. Yesterday and today it has been very cold in the mornings. Today I wore long pants and a jacket biking and even though I get sweaty, I am still cold. It's frustrating. I still think it's the most preferable way to get from point A to point B and am already lamenting the days to come when I wont be able to bike, but I really don't like being cold.