So i was riding my bike to work today and it’s all windy and a little rainy, but no different then it’s been for the past two months. the wind seems to be coming from everywhere though, so no matter which direction i’m riding, it feels like i’m riding into it. and then as i was pulling out of my apartment complex a pinecone flew out of a tree and smacked my helmet, almost causing me to fall off my bike, more due to how loud and shocking it was as opposed to brute force. i got to the trail i cut through to get to work and there were 3 alder trees lying in the path, and bypassing them with my bike would have been difficult, so i lifted them out of the way. the largest one i lifted apparently didn’t like it too much, so when i was about to push it out of the way it snapped and the top came down on my shoulder, causing a massive outpouring of shouted expletives while jumping up and down on the remains of the tree. then while fording the stream that used to be a trail, a duck flies out of the bush that i apparently startled and brushed my face with it’s wing causing me to lose my momentum and straddle my bike in a mad hopping dance in the middle of this stream/trail while i tried to get back on my bike. this of course just got my socks wetter.

all this is the 1.1 mile ride it takes to get me to work, but mother nature can’t phase me, i’ll just keep right on riding in the face of adversity. mother nature can really be a bitch when she wants to. always has the last laugh, too.