Be still my aching arse

I have come to the conclusion that I am a wimp. Both my mind and my body are exhausted because I have had one class and have been biking around Cedar Falls. Cedar Falls has hills. Certainly more than where I grew up but not like the hugh .5 mile 10% grade monster that I went up in Mankato. Granted, I only biked to work less than 10 times before succumbing to the lure of being a lazy American again. I blame the hill (but that's only an excuse to make myself feel better).

Here, I have no choice or at least not a viable choice. There is a bus system but I haven't figured it out yet and it's a bit expensive on my budget. Of course, my budget stretched enough to buy some pretty yarn but that's not the point here. The point is that this is good for me even though right now, it's exhausting to have to bike everywhere. Campus is a good 2.5 miles away, the grocery store is 2 miles in the opposite direction (can't even cheat there and get food on my way back from class), the library and yarn shop are in the general direction of campus but further north.... you get the idea. Everything is within biking distance but not easy biking distance.

And while there are plenty of recreational bike trails, this isn't a very biker friendly town for practical use. There are many busy streets and not all streets have sidewalks. I think that I'll slowly get it all figured out; the ways that are safe and not too far out of the way. It will be strange to be so confined to what I'm willing to bike to, though. One thing is for certain; buns of steel might finally be in my grasp ;-)