Hello gentle reader:
I had an unfortunate experience this afternoon. You see, due to JoAnna's increased need for time on the laptop we decided to buy a second laptop last weekend. This beautiful little blue Dell is considered my laptop. Well, my laptop served as quite a breakfast time distraction for me this week. I usually check my e-mail, update my status on facebook and check the weather to determine if I should ride the motorcycle or not. This week I also wasted time on twitter and read the morning news. Yesterday I left the house a full 20 minutes later than usual due to my Internet shenanigans.
This morning I fought the urge and simply sat at the table and ate my cheerios. I left on time. I had a beautiful early morning motorcycle ride and I got a lot done at work before the kids showed up. I walked out the door this afternoon to find that, oops , I forgot to check the weather and it was raining like a *insert expletive of choice here*. Imagine my dismay when I check the radar and noted that no, in fact, the rain was not going to blow over quickly. In fact, it appeared I only had a small window of reprieve to get the hell out of dodge and avoid rain for the entire trip home.
Needless to say, I was not enthused. I suited up, went out into the rain, and sat my butt on my wet seat. This being my first, and hopefully last, journey on the bike in the rain I thought it prudent to take the side streets and stay off of the freeway. The only problem with this is it makes a 15 minute drive take 25 minutes or so. I had to wipe rain off of my goggles at every stoplight and by the time I got home my pants looked like I had gone for a swim. On the bright side I didn't tip my bike and eat pavement and my leather jacket kept my upper body nice and dry!
So, the moral of the story is that I need to check the weather before I leave but stay away from the other Internet crap that distracts me.
On another note, Jo and I will be headed to Peru in April to hike the Inca Trail for spring break. We bought a flip camcorder a few weeks ago so we can capture that trip in a movie format as well as pictures. As we get closer, expect more posts on Peru!
Peas,
Cory
