So, I’m trying to do this bike riding to work thing, right?
Well, first of all, yesterday I finally decided to branch out and try a different route. Normally, I go from my house, down 24th St and then take Stange straight down to campus. The problem is that it’s a super public route and there is a TON of construction going on. I’m usually freaked out that some person on a bobcat is going to swing around into me or that I’m going to wipe out and fall into one of the many holes they’ve created. Call me paranoid, but I wanted an alternative route.
So I decide to find out what would happen if I cut through SUV instead of going around it. It was wonderful! So much more quiet and less dangerous 
I didn’t have as much momentum to get up the other side of Stange as I typically do, but I made it!
Now the ride home.
All throughout the work day yesterday, it was sunny/partly cloudy in Ames. When I get ready to leave my office, I look outside and notice a few rain drops. No big deal I think. By the time I’m leaving Curtiss, it’s a steady downfall.
DANG IT.
You see, I’m such a bike riding amateur that I was completely unprepared. I knew there was a chance for rain today but was optimistic (an unusual state for me) that it would miss Ames. I’m fairly certain that the logo for biking amateurs has got to be a pair of jeans with a bikeseat shaped wet spot right on the butt. I HATE that.
But if that wasn’t bad enough, I foolishly also wore sandals to ride my bike to work. I know this isn’t a good idea anyway, but I thought, no big deal. That is, right up until the intersection of University and Stange where my wet sandal came flying off as I tried to stop to push the crosswalk button. DANG IT.
Well, I certainly learned my lesson.
1. Always have a plastic bag on your bike seat.
2. Always wear shoes that are strapped to your feet when biking.
3. If there’s a chance of rain, wear your contacts. At least until they come up with windshield wipers for glasses.
Oh and you’ll be glad to know that it stopped raining about five minutes after I got home
At least you didn’t get soaked on the way TO work!