still alive...

so i recently acquired a bike and i must say, i couldn't be happier with it. it's a seriously comfortable ride. i just did my first mile today (actually a mile and a quarter, but i didn't know it at the time. hell i wasn't even sure i'd done a mile) and other than my legs feeling like someone threw holy water on them i'm doin ok.

so. new computer ordered.
new bike purchased (still need a helmet)
workin on gettin a router (need to make it across town to bust buy)
spent some cash on some much needed e-cig supplies (yay! passthrough!)
oh, i got new boots too. that makes me happy. i can finally (mostly) retire my 13 year old field boots. i'll just save them for when i really need black boots. (holy shit. i just looked. list price on my boots is $185. i paid nowhere NEAR that for mine. go army surplus store!!!)
so now when other kids try to taunt my kids with "your dad wears combat boots!" they can say "yeah? what of it." (ok, i'm stretching that a bit...)

past that, all i really need right now is water.
and a lot of it.

it was nice to take advantage of the break in the rain and go out and actually get some exercise though.
i've decided that i really am going to start getting exercise, even if it kills me.
a friend and i were talking the other day and he was saying that you need to ride about 150 miles a week to really get trim and stay in shape and i'm like "holy hell, i don't think i go /anywhere/ for 150 miles a week."
so we'll see how that goes.
but, even though my legs feel like left over shit on a stick right now (ugh...endurance is something that has to be worked on i guess) and my heart rate is slowing down a bit, i'm feeling a little better about this whole riding thing and thinking that i actually can do it.
i'll be happy when i can actually ride the 10 miles across town to see L at school and not feel like i'm going to puke about 2/10 of the way there. :-)

neway, back to the housework grind.