So I rode up Lakeshore Drive to the neighborhood north of the Lake. There’s much less traffic and good hills to ride in. It really has been a while since I’ve been on the bike, and it felt really good to be back there. I’m going to attempt a really long ride on Tuesday. It’s a ride I’ve done before, riding from downtown Woodside along Hwy 84 [Woodside Rd] to Hwy 1 at San Gregorio Beach. It’s about a 45 mile round trip, but I should be able to complete it. If not, well then … Nah, it’ll be fine. I took a rest at the Beach when I did it last fall, but I have no idea what the weather is going to be like at that time of the day [ass-crack of dawn early,] or what my legs will be like after 22 miles of damn big hills. So glad that I took the day off.
All done with Christmas shopping? I am to an extent thanks to Amazon.com. I hate malls and ‘shopping’ but I think that I’ll still have to brave them on Christmas eve for some last minute stuff. Ain’t the holidays grand? Mass consumerism at it’s best. Or is that worst? At least I know that the gifts I’m giving this year are going to be very useful and appreciated by the respective recipients.
Next year, maybe no gifts at all. Wouldn’t that be nice? Just enjoy the fireplace and the company of loved ones. We don’t need to feed the machine any more. There’s a lot of unneeded stress when it come to gift-giving at this time of year. For me and a few of the people I’ve spoken to about it. Or maybe I’m just lazy.