And now the school year begins!

We now have survived the first week of students. Brenda has gone through the phases of mourning. Last Wednesday was denial - it really couldn't be starting, followed by anger (hence the "defcon 3" report last week). We have gone through the other phases and are now into acceptance. So we now have decided that if we want to live into our retirement days we need to exercise. Brenda couldn't sleep last night and has figured that if we get into better shape it will help in all aspects of our lives, like being to sleep.
Tonight we decided to ride our bikes. Just south of Lincoln on Saltillo Road, the bike path goes south on an old railroad bed supposedly all the way to Cortland and beyond! We drove to the parking lot and thought we would start out easy by riding for thirty minutes. As we got started, Brenda needed to know if we were going up or down (and we think Braydon asks important questions). Since my bike has an altimeter (doesn't everyone??) I told her that I would watch. Of course in my infinite wisdom and technology prowess, I somehow changed by cyclometer from US measurment to Metric. I could only tell her if we were going up or down by meters. On a railroad bed that is fairly level you can go along ways before you climb a meter!
Not only were we getting exercise riding on this flat trail but we made the mistake of eating before we went. This was a mistake because we were getting our daily allowance of protein in the bugs that we kept swallowing. Brenda decided to take some home with her by letting them hitch a ride in her eyes. I was being more selective - if I can't either breathe them in or swallow them, I don't want them.
Anyway, we survived our ride and we will be able to tell our grandkids how we rode through swarms of giant gnats, going uphill both ways (probably in a few years we will talk about the knee deep snow). We did go 8.4 Km - hopefully by the next time we ride I will be able to get back to US miles.
We need to have you keep us accountable for our exercise. Ask us how we are doing and we will try to keep you informed right here on "Weekly's Reader".

Mike