While the storms that crossed our region have cost much of many, for me they provided a surprise two-hour delay. I relished that email notification, especially since it arrived along with verification that our band’s new album is now for sale on iTunes and CDBaby.
I used the morning hours to update our website, read books with my daughter, enjoy the fresh smell of rained fields, and bicycle off to school at a more-than-sane hour.
Along my ride, who should putter onto my rear-view mirror but my brother-in-law J. I had a good lead on him, but knowing he would eventually pass me–he was in a truck, after all–I put the sneakers to the pedals and, with the wind behind me as it was (and the slope being downhill, all in all), enjoyed the glory of maintaining a noteworthy distance for quite a little distance.
“I bet he’s thinking, ‘Now I know why he eats so much!'” I thought to myself.
I called him later to find out just how fast I was going: 30mph.
“That was impressive,” he said. “Now I know why you eat so much!”
