Chowder!

I cooked last night, on another one of my inspired food missions.  For some reason, I was thinking about clam chowder, then I fell asleep and started to dream about clam chowder.  I was left with one option: hungry and almost out of energy, I made the trek to Whole Foods, filled up the messenger bag, and pedaled myself back home.  An hour later, the house smelled wonderful, and I was enjoying the product of my labor.  With the leftovers going into my freezer soon, hopefully I’ll be enjoying it for a long time too…

I’ve had almost three days off in a row, not counting the late night inventory gig on Sunday night.  The extra time to myself has been nice.  I’ve decorated my room a little bit, re-organized the black hole that was growing in the corner of my closet, and spent a little bit of time with C yesterday.

The closet was probably my proudest accomplishment.  I allow one box of clutter in my home, where things without a definitive place or purpose live; and that box has been living in the corner of my closet since I moved into my current house.  Through laziness and carelessness, it was almost over-flowing.  Something had to be done.  The biggest offender was my camping equipment, so I re-located and reorganized all of that.  Then I threw a lot of stuff out, cutting the box down to a manageable size.  A simple act can create so much clarity for me – it’s like releasing a little pressure valve in my mind.

My new bike saddle shipped yesterday.  Good news.  A new saddle makes my bike ridable for more than two hours.  Still waiting on new components to come into stock, but I’m in no hurry.  Fancy components are just extra motivation to ride.  I don’t need extra motivation – I’m really itching to get out and do long miles right now.

I go to court this afternoon, to meet with the city for that ticket I got almost two months ago.  Hopefully it won’t take long…  All I’m looking for is equal and proper treatment for bicycles in Austin under the eyes of the law, nothing combative.  I’ll go to an actual trial if I need to, but hopefully I won’t need to waste anymore time on all of this.