Riding in the Rain
So the BF has mapped out a very long 15 mile + trail for us to bike ride on. He has the bike rack on the back of the car. The bikes are ready, with proper tire air and water bottle holders secured. His mileage counter/techy gadget is calibrated and standing by. We are wearing our finest bicycle shorts/racing peddle shoes/tight, wicking t-shirts/fast helmet/goggle combos; aka Lance Armstrong and Co. (Just kidding about the clothes–we live in the suburbs. Of Chicago. We could get our asses kicked riding around town looking like space alien freaks.)
As you may recall, and I see that I typed it last night, I was going running today. 4 miles plus. Which I may do after this “bike ride” the BF wants to do. Our only problem here at the moment is the giant mass of thunderstorms and rain clouds moving across the area this very minute. I have a few choices here.
Just go ride the bikes. It’s chilly and rainy but at least I’ll be moving(??).
Then go run on the trail, after. 3.6 miles will seem so easy then.
Go to the gym. Indoors. Always temperature and weather controlled. (Poop)
Or…STOP eating.
But, since I already devoured 4, yes (shame) four, McDonald’s Breakfast Burrito’s with Hot Picante, while watching Grease 2 (double shame) this morning, it’s probably too late for that option.
My favorite alternative option, since it feels kind of like New Orleans out there; breezy, rainy, Southern tropical; I say we make Hurricanes and sit out on the veranda and drink all day. (We don’t actually have a veranda, but we do have a patio with some very nice plastic Adirondack chairs and a backyard full of grass to look at.) It’s close enough.
And I can’t seem to waste any more time with this post, as I’ve run out of things to embarass myself with. I will be back, much later, with my regular schedule of things you don’t care about.
I have to go lose some calories and be a part of society now.
Big Easy: Beer Cheese Whiskey List
1. Proud Mary / Ike & Tina Turner
2. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer / George Thorogood & The Destroyers
3. Chicken Fried / Zac Brown Band
4. Whiskey In The Jar / Metallica
5. Before He Cheats / Carrie Underwood
6. Big Bad John / Jimmy Dean
7. Me And Bobby McGee / Janis Joplin
8. Boot Scootin’ Boogie / Brooks & Dunn
9. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend / Miranda Lambert
10. Have A Drink On Me / AC/DC
11. Delta Dawn / Tanya Tucker
12. Dry Town / Miranda Lambert
13. All Summer Long / Kid Rock
14. The Girl’s Gone Wild / Travis Tritt
15. What’s Your Mama’s Name / Tanya Tucker
16. Lonesome, On’ry And Mean / Travis Tritt (tribute to Waylon)
17. King Of New Orleans / Better Than Ezra
18. Whiskey River / Willie Nelson
19. City Of New Orleans / Arlo Guthrie
20. House Of The Rising Sun / The Animals
just shy of pretty 