It's like riding a bicycle

Well the problem with never forgetting how to ride a bike once you learn is that when you learn in the Mississippi Delta where there isn't even a whisper of a hill for 90 miles in every direction, you have no clue how to ride with hills.

I never understood before what the point of gears on a bike were. I mean I had them when I was younger, but I never moved them because there is no change in the grade of the land.

Now I'm biking in Arlington--thank GOD not the Rosslyn area--and I am learning for the first time how to work the gears and the pain of extreme uphill travel. GOOD GOD, my thighs are still burning from my trek this morning.

I am not giving up though, because today's ride was only half as bad as the same ride on Friday. So maybe in 2 weeks I'll be a pro. It's still worth the trouble as far as I'm concerned. Besides, I'm still so excited about going to GMU, it overshadows any physical pain from biking.

This too shall pass. And then I will have thighs of steel. ;)