Exercising Demons...

It's been a long week, and it's only Tuesday. (sigh)

Work is killing me. We're moving people from one end of town to the other, making changes to the networking, and dealing with a million personality issues. There are rumors of changes swirling, and so far, my boss has neither confirmed nor denied them. In the midst of all this, my buddy who I've worked with for 10 years now had to have by-pass surgery, so he's out for the next couple of months. I don't mind the extra work, I'm just a little freaked out by the idea of this very kind person laid out on the operating table.

So I forced myself to take some time for myself. I took a bike ride, last night, alone, as it was getting dark. The local idiots that pass for a city government finally put in a bike path in a place that was crying out for one (of course, they're ruining an existing path in the process by lowering and smoothing out the climbs in it). I can now ride from my end of town all the way to the north end, on paved paths, which means I can ride after dark without being in the street. The whole way north is climbing, and the whole way back is decending, except for one small part in the middle. 35-40 mph on a bike, in the dark, tends to make you focus on the here and now and forget the problems from the day.

Some observations to follow...