Happy Birthday

My birthday was a week or so ago, but I got my big present today: a brand new bike. No more borrowing the neighbor's ill-fitting bike or trying to ride my old broken one.

I spent the morning working in a friend's yard to pay off a debt, and reflecting on a long lost friend I never had (more to come on that in the following days, I think).

In the afternoon, we met up with my mom for lunch and then headed downtown for some local ice cream. I came home and worked on the computer for a while. Somewhere in there, I declared "festoon" the word of the day.

After she got home from work, my mom and I went down to the bike shop and, after a couple more test drives, I walked out with a fantastic birthday present. We ate dinner then went on a six mile shake down cruise through the park. The bike felt great and I had a blast.

This was a good day.