Editor's Note: First of all, check out the photo I added to "Where I've Been." You'll have to scroll all the way down to see it, but I finally sat my camera down with the computer so they could have a good chat through that cable-y thingy and so you all could see the most recent photos--of which I chose to display only that one, for now anyway. This is a GREAT group of gals who've been very supportive from the very beginning of our adoption journey. It was great to reconnect with them face-to-face even though we missed a couple; I also got to meet a couple new ones [blog-stalkers that they are].)




Yesterday afternoon, I finally got an opportunity to get out on my new bike. We strapped the kids into their helmets (shoulda got a pic!) and then strapped them some more into the trailer. And, then we strapped the trailer to Aaron's bike (you didn't think I was gonna lug it, did ya?!). And, finally, after strapping on our own helmets, we were off! (Alternate Title #1: Strapped)

We toodled around the country roads, gasping in the dust of the occassional car flying by. There's nothing quite like the grit-on-your-teeth of road-dust. Mmmm.

And while my handy-dandy shifts-itself K2 Easy Roller bike took all the worry out of my ride (see the little gadgety gear-box in the photo? That, my efriends and stalkers, is my bike's brain), I was left to think of you, my dedicated blog readers and the random visitor who pushed the "Next Blog" button. And, of course, I thought more of my deep thoughts.

For instance, my bike may have taken the shifting into control, but it was still a lot of work to get up the hills (no, they are not very big, thanks for pointing out how out-of-shape I am!). And so, I got to thinking how so many of us want the mountain-top experience but we don't want to do the work to climb up there. (Alternate Title #2: Climb Every Mountain)

Well, it seems to me that I had lots of other deep thoughts (something about how a car is like Jesus? and something else even more profound than that...) and alternate post titles, but apparently I waited too long to post them because they're gone. The baby ate my brain. It happens. Sorry to let you down. I know you thought I was just getting warmed up. Well, if any of them come back to me, and I happen to be near a computer, and no one distracts me from my purpose, I'll be sure to tell you all about it.

In the meantime, I think you should all get a bike that shifts itself so you can think deep thoughts like me. And then be sure to blog them before they enter deep-thought-oblivion. Yep. That would be good.