WOOHOO!

4-30-10

See that? That's my bike. At work. Yeah. I rode to the BART station, then rode BART to Berkeley, rode up to work, and then did it all in reverse to get home. And I rode the entire way home. I mean - to my door. Literally. Now those of you who haven't been to my house may not realize the significance of such a feat, so allow me to elaborate. I live up on a HUGE hill. Literally our house is at the very top of this hill. I rode up the ENTIRE thing! I didn't think I would be able to do it, but as I approached the second block a guy driving by cheered me on. As I approached the third block, and thought "I need to walk!" a guy in his yard started cheering me on - he said he rode his bike all the time and he can't make it up this hill. I told him this was my first day riding my bike and he said I was doing "amazingly" and that my gear ratio was just right, but that I needed to oil my chain. I said thanks and he said, "keep it up!" So I did. I made it up the 3rd block with his help, and the 4th because I knew I couldn't walk after he was so encouraging! I'd be letting him down! Yay for awesome neighbors! WOOOHOOOO!

Neighbors

4-29-10

Our neighbor gave us this CD. That's him in the window - he really looks just like that. He seems like quite the character, and like a good neighbor to have around. Plus, the CD is pretty good!

An Ode to Apples

4-28-10

In praise of the Apple

The greatest of Fruits

They're Crunchy and Juicy

And never are moot

If I could say

but one Word in their Praise

it would be this:

That I love every Apple

They bring me true Bliss

The Calm After the Storm

4-27-10

We had another really big rain storm today. It stopped around 5 though, just in time for me to BART home. This is the view from atop the parking ramp at the Fruitvale BART. 

Below is weather.com's radar map - this is what it looked like when I checked the weather this morning. So we went from this to the view above. The weather is schizo!

Euro Chocolate

4-26-10

A co-worker of mine got stuck in France for an extra five days due to the volcano erupting. France. I know, poor thing, right? Anyhow, she got back today and told us all about how wonderful Paris was. Her sister, who traveled with her, was lucky enough to have purchased travel insurance so they were reimbursed for all the extra days they were there! So much was saved that she was able to bring us all back a bunch of euros. Look, I got 100!!! Ok...so it's chocolate. But...yum! 

Bubble City

4-25-10

It's not every day you see a store spewing bubbles. 

Oh My...

4-24-10

This pretty much sums up my Saturday night.