My first blog post ever!

So, I'm hoping that this blog will be a way to keep my friends, family, and fans (hah, I wish) updated on my biking and building news! I've never undertook anything like this so I feel like every new thing is such a huge deal. So, just a warning if I start getting really excited about small things and dedicate a whole blog entry to them...don't be surprised. For example, I feel like I could go on and on about how excited I am about the arm warmers I got in the mail today. Are arm warmers really that exciting?? Normally I would probably reply no. But because of the fact that they are arm warmers that will accompany me on a trip across the country, I feel they deserve an essay to be written about them...or maybe an interpretive dance? Ridiculous I know, especially because they will probably spend most of their time packed away because I can't imagine we will ever be cold in Texas in July. But I guess the impact that the arm warmers had on me today was that they really just got me excited about the whole thing.

Training has been going pretty well. I've been trying to find good places to go on bike rides. One advantage I've got on many of my fellow riders is that I live in Southern California where the weather is perfect ALMOST all the time. The downside about southern california is that it's not really set up for bikers. It's got some nice trails, but I've been trying to bike every opportunity that I can (running errands, buying groceries, etc) and have been faced with an enemy: CARS! They're everywhere down here, and the roads don't leave much room for bikers. I was home over spring break and took my bike home so that I could get some training in. Knowing all the country roads that surround Selma I was looking forward to riding out there, because you don't get many traffic jams amongst all those grape vines. But I soon discovered another enemy that I wasn't expecting: DOGS! I think I got chased by 3 different dogs on three different occasions. It definitely kept me motivated, haha. So dogs or cars? I'm not sure at the moment which I dislike more.

That's all for now. I ordered leg warmers recently too, so those should be here soon. When they get here I may be inspired enough to write a sonnet. :)