THE GREAT OUTDOORS
Biking Is the Only Thing That Makes Me Happy
Outdoor exercise is a surefire way to improve your mood.
I got my flu shot yesterday — and probably also the flu, since like a madwoman I went to CVS, which was packed to the gills with people who were presumably sick.
And then they give you that $5 off $20 coupon because they made you stand around for 20 minutes and inhale other people’s airborne secretions since there’s only room for two chairs and of course the old people beat me to it.
So you leave the store with a sore arm and a bag full of overpriced chocolate because that coupon’s already burning a hole in your pocket and YOU MUST USE THE COUPON.
It’s also my mom’s birthday today. She would’ve been 95. So long story short, I’m not feeling too spiffy, but it’s not like I can just lay on the couch all day and watch Netflix.
I answer to a higher, hairier power.
I don’t know what my first husband was thinking, but shortly after we got married he decided to buy us each a mountain bike. He used drugs, he was chronically ill, and he…
