srsly

yeah, that pretty much sums it up. driving to work makes my day start off shitty because people in morning traffic make me want to stab them in the face. the worst part is that the commute isn’t bad until the last half mile. getting out of west seattle, fine. getting over the west seattle bridge, that’s just great. even getting on I-5 from the bridge is cake. i never go more than a quarter mile before i can get over into the carpool lane, then it’s zippy all the way to downtown. then i get downtown. between the giant delivery trucks that take up a lane and a half, taxi drivers that don’t signal and also take up half a lane, there’s the douchebag in a mustang gt that wants to race me down 6th ave(i pwnt him). sure, i get pissed and yell at people in cars when i’m on my bike, but that doesn’t stop my forward progress. and i think that’s what’s really pissing me off. i can’t flip them off and dodge around them in my car. i’ve been about a week and a half without my bike because the rear hub stripped and it took a while for bianchi to get a replacement hub to the shop. then they had to rebuild the wheel. i finally got it back today, but since tessa doesn’t have her car or a key to the place, i can’t ride in just yet. that’s ok though. i’ve been really beat the last few days and a little rest will do me good. i’ve noticed that every time i take a break and get back on the bike i’m a lot stronger. tessa is also getting her bike on friday so eventually we’ll be commuting together. which will be awesome.