I find it so easy to pity myself, to wonder why I don't have certain things, why bad things keep happening to me. So easy to pity myself, yet so difficult to, as most people put it, count my blessings. Over the past four months, I have had to take my car in for very expensive repairs several times. It's frustrating - especially considering I work across town - and I have been getting increasingly upset over it. Without my car, I am left without a reliable source of transportation, and with my best friend in town for the week, we are left stuck in my apartment with little to do other than watch movies and groan about the car situation.
That's where we turned lemons into lemonade (sorry for all the cliches, it's just that kind of day). I fixed up my old bike before he arrived, planning on taking him on a few bike rides - mostly just to UF campus - so that he could get a taste for how my life goes when I'm up here. What turned into a few planned rides has evolved into four days of adventures. All my favorite places, all explored through the scorching Florida heat (95+ degrees today!), four wheels, and two bikes. I may still be upset about my car (how can I not when it was supposed to be ready yesterday...), but I do have blessings to count, and that definitely counts for something.
Some of the place we've been after the jump
Leonardo's for rolls
Pascal's for coffee
tea on the porch
Hyppo popsicles
post 7 mile ride to the post office
Bike ride equals awesome booty. You go girl!
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