After what has seemed like busy weekend after busy weekend, sometimes you need to just allow yourself to be a completely lazy bum.  For a whole day.  Two weekends in a row*. :-/

I tend to get in this really bad habit of being a complete hermit on the weekends.  I tend to start feeling sorry for myself and have a hard time getting out of it.  That makes for really unfun Mondays.  Lately, I’ve been a big proponent of not being alone with your thoughts.  Well, let me rephrase that.  People should not be left alone with their negative thoughts.  Those things make us crazy.  I guess some people need to work that shit out on their own.  But that’s not me.  I need to say things.  Out loud.  To people.  Even if it’s only to hear myself say things out loud [but mostly it's because I need to say things to people who will give me honest feedback].  But like I said, that’s just me.

So, that said, I decided that I had to get out of the house today.  I had a big pile of research to read through for my Ad2 Reno client (and a busted few-week-old tumbler that needed exchanging), so I rode on over to my favorite Starbucks to get some work done while enjoying a latte.  I’ve forgotten how nice it is to work in a coffee shop, with all the hustle and bustle going on around you.

So, the reason I really wanted to write this post is this: I met the nicest, cutest couple sitting outside.  They rode their bikes to sit and have coffee together and just talk about anything and nothing.  “See you next weekend!” the man said, when they left with their bikes.  Apparently they ride their bikes to have coffee together every Sunday.  Immediately I began to think how nice it would be if Brad and I the ability to do that kind of thing together on the weekends (he works Saturday and Sunday 8-6:30, while I work Monday-Friday 8-5–sucks, I know.)

But then I realized (again, DUH, because of course I have realized this in the past), what is to stop me from enjoying that same Sunday morning afternoon rides and coffee by myself?** So there we have it.  I do have to say, I’m glad to have my weekends back to myself.

* Please note that is one day each weekend, not four whole days.  I’m lazy, but I’m not THAT lazy.

** oh, and in case you’re wondering, yes, I have pretty much stopped riding to work for the winter.  It’s too cold and too dark.  I know there is of course equipment out there like headlights and special gloves, but this season I’m just not ready to invest in all of that.  Maybe next year.

I’ve go to stop it with the footnotes.