Flippancy

Today I took the hottest bike ride ever. I hadn't ridden my bike in over 2 weeks, but I kept it in my apartment while I was gone. I moved it back outside when I moved back in. Today, when I was riding it, I noticed it wouldn't change gears. And I'm like- awesome. I'm going to have to Nancy-Drew this when I get home.

Nancy-Drew: A verb used to describe a woman figuring out a mystery. Or a mechanical problem. Either/or.

So then I ride all the way to work in 5th gear.
After work, I'm riding back on the sidewalk, playing with the gears because, if they're not working, you might as well play with them, right? Suddenly, a spider scurries its way down a thread hanging from the gear thing, and I'm like HOLY CRAP, so I grabbed its web string, and threw it on the sidewalk before I ran into traffic.

And guess what.

My gears starting working after that.
So apparently spiders can gum up the works. True story.

Then after parking my spider-less bike, I came into my apartment and decided to take advantage of the completely empty and therefore extremely echoic living room.
That's right: I sat down on the bare, cold floor like a 1960's drifter.
And I sang.
It was so fantastic that it gave me goosebumps.
But then the air conditioner wanted to sing too, so I had to turn off that rude and interrupting piece of machinery.

I found out today that I can actually work more than 20 hours this week, since I won't be here next week. What does this mean? Twice as many moronic phone calls in one day! Plus a lunch break, which I might not even take because that would mean biking twice in contemptible heat.
So I have to get up early tomorrow.
Yahoo.

And while I was gone, boyfriend grew a beard.




























That's what two weeks of straight SAP will do to you.
Even to girls.

I FOUND A SECOND USE FOR MY iPAD!
Use #1: Listen to Pandora by the pool! BUT: this only works if you are in reach of a WiFi hot spot to which you have access and you're not around loud, annoying children. It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide.
NEW! Use #2: To amuse myself while the guys are playing video games! Yesterday, I became productive and actually completed my rhyme for U:

My uncle lived under a bridge when it rained
And understood that others called him insane
But he had no umbrella, and his hair would get wet
And unkempt and ugly, and it made him upset.
So to underneath the bridge he went
And when it rained he still looked like a gent
Because his hair stayed upright and dry
Even when rainclouds covered the sky.

And that's copyright by me, so no touchy k-thanks.
So yeah. The iPad lets me type up things that I would normally have to write.
What a concept.

I must have a sick disease because I'm actually looking forward to starting my accounting classes. And I have to apply for graduation. This would be way more exciting if I was done in May. But I'm not, so it's just another thing I've gotta do.

Fez: Hey, Donna, I just went to the store. Check out my new... empty bag.
Hyde: Empty bag, huh? If it's empty, why are you so excited?
Fez: Oh, well, because of its amazing potential for storage.

Holding onto your spare key,
TWS