Mornin' all.
I need a reset for today...
So, last night, I took Mrs E out on the bike for her first ever motorcycle ride. She enjoyed it, but it was...less than relaxing for me. Even after telling her to sit still unless I have both feet down, she wiggled. A lot. While on the road, she did good leaning with me and looking over the correct shoulder, but at slower speeds, it felt like she was fighting to stay upright, like she felt the bike was about to fall over, and kept trying to compensate instead of letting me handle the bike. It made things kinda really uncomfortable in the parking lot. I know its just going to take some getting used to for both of us, but its gonna be rough in the meantime! The important thing is, is that I didnt scare the bejeezus out of her and she did have fun.
With the weather going to be so wonderful today, I was going to ride in this morning. Unfortunately, thats not quite how it worked out. I started my day by dropping everything I picked up. I somehow managed to drop my protein shaker cup on the desk, cooler, chair, then floor, nearly catching it every time but failing miserably. I dropped two bottles of water. One of my ice packs had a crack in it, so it was leaking that goo. While in the kitchen, I stepped next to the dog's water bowl... Charli apparently slopped water out of it, which left my socks a squishy mess. I got a new pair out of the drawer and ended up dropping those too. I had to open a new canister of protein shake mix, dropped the lid. Couldnt find the scoop in it. Found it. Dropped that too. Finally managed to get everything loaded into my backpack. Got all my gear on. Got out to the garage. Got on the bike, it wouldnt start. I reached down to the petcock (kinda like a fuel valve) to prime the carburetors, only to find that the lever had fallen off, probably on the short ride last night. So I had to go back inside, unpack my backpack, strip down and change clothes, repack my lunch and drinks into my cooler, and got in the car to come in. Made it about half way to work before I realized I forgot my cell phone. It's probably still sitting on my desk next to my motorcycle keys. Mrs E has too much to get done this morning, so I cant ask her to bring it to me. I get to work and I see that my computer has been migrated to the new network. FINALLY something went right. Oh wait, no it didnt. I can no longer access the warehouse security camera system. Oh, and my email... The only GOOD thing that's happened so far today, is that Douche Canoe also had his computer migrated last night, but it's left him unable to log on, which means that the meeting I was to have with him at 7am has been postponed. Now I get to hunt down a website that might have a petcock lever for a 22 year old bike.