It's more knobby than it was before, less flexible, and much more tempermental. Heat feels good, cold does not. It doesn't like mountain bike handlebars, and if I overdo, it lets me know. It's also kind of a sexy scar, if I do say so myself. If I ever got manicures, it would look kinda badass next to red nails. But I'm usually too lazy (efficient!) to get them. They just crack and come off anyways, right? I'm slowly losing the feeling that I'm going to fall on/stub/doanythingbad to it, and if it warms up here soon, I want and probably need to get out and mountain bike again since I'll probably be forever a chicken if I don't.
In other news, we have a definite new home post-Illinois. We are going to Canada! (eh) Yep folks, that's right. I'm actually really excited, for many reasons. For the first time in a while, I'll be doing school and um....actually using that grey matter in my head. So I'm a bit nervous but also super excited. I'm excited for the green spaces in Calgary, the beautiful mountains, and, yes, even the cold. I'm going to learn to cross country ski. Oh yeah and speed skate (because, you know, I'm totally good at not crashing). So I'd better improve my mountain biking skills, since there is real mountain biking in the Rockies as opposed to flat and sad Illinois. Just saying - Illinois MTB Champion is an oxymoron. That doesn't mean I can't at least work on it, though!
