Hanging With The Girls Might Never Be The Same

I enjoy spending time with this group of fabulous girls (or ladies for those of you who do not appreciate the term girls). We go to movies, concerts, nightclubs, and also travel to nearby cities/states in search of shopping and whatever other adventure we can find. We usually have a blast.

All was well within my crew...until one of the members contracted bicycle fever.

http://candaceadventures.blogspot.com/2009/05/biking.html

Oh, I saw the signs, she'd pedal off somewhere alone for a couple of hours and then later, delirious from her miles-long trip, she'd blog or talk about how much fun it was. I wasn't worried because unbeknownst to this friend, I was immune to bicycle fever and most other outdoor activities. I was safe right? Wrong.

One of the other members of my crew ended up accompanying the Bike Happy One on a ride, and she was sold on it as well. So now I had an issue, two of the friends with whom I spend the most time were pursuing bicycling and planned to continue to do so!

Let me make it clear that I have nothing against bicycling. I even enjoyed it in my youth when apparently the sun, sweating, messing up my hair, wearing bike shorts, and the possibility of encountering a loose dog did not faze me. (Actually I think the possibility of encountering a loose dog always fazed me, but I just forged ahead regardless).

But now is a different story- I'm older, I weigh more, my love for central air conditioning and my Danish Modern sectional only has intensified.

So what's a girl that enjoys the indoors to do? Well, in my case, I retrieved my first and only adult bicycle from a time machine

and took it to the The Bicycle Hospital, one of Indy's oldest bike shops, for repairs. It is now repaired, and the technician assures me that it is road ready. So far I have ridden it in my driveway and the nearby cul-de-sac in my subdivision. But soon I plan to accompany my crew and expand my route to include slightly more challenging (but hopefully still flat terrain). I'm not promising multiple trips or anything, but I'll try it at least once.