HB COLD

To further elaborate on the slush. The weather got much warmer these past few days, which is good for the fingers, toes, and ears, but very bad for the bicycling around. The nice layer of snow that was padding the ice is all gone and the texture of the ice dictates where the tires of the bike will go, not me. So when riding along, all of a sudden my front tire goes one way and the back goes the other, then both in the same - wrong direction - then eventually back to normal, until the next batch of ice comes and they come quite often.

So the trick is to go slowly, but forcefully and always keep your butt on the seat. Also, never ride in the middle of the lane, that's where the mess is, and at night, pray.

Now, after two days of warmth, most of the ice is melted and riding is fun again. This won't last long, so i should probably stop talking about it.

The warmth has coincided with the delivery of our stuff. Mostly intact, save the teapot which is utterly unrecognizable. I've been unpacking the past two days and have hardly made a dent. The bed is built and K and I are back to sleeping 4 feet off the ground rather than 4 inches off the ground. It's funny, but in Brooklyn the height of the bed made sense because of our lack of space, here it seems a bit absurd, and felt so last night. But waking up this morning was just perfect.

I'm going to a basketball game tonight. It should be pretty fun. The ride home will not be, but that's the trade off.

I'm meeting K for lunch pretty soon, so I'll wrap up. By the way, I've got a whole bunch of back notes to put into this thing, but I am waiting for the home station to be in operation before I dive into that mess.

Lunch at the school cafeteria is fairly yucky, but i don't snack much anymore so i eat the hell out of it. it's kind of like when your out in the country all day, breathing all the fresh air and whatever is on your plate tastes great and really hits the spot. i guess it feels like that, because it is like that.

hb a little less cold these days.