how good it is.

So last night after getting off of my classes I got to go home and relax. Took home some textbooks that I had the opportunity to leaf through and found some interesting things. Moreso than bible school I think I'm going to enjoy the class aspect of this experience solely because I do'nt have to take anything that I don't want to. Not that I'm complaining about Anabaptist Distinctives or anything but I probably wouldn't have chosen to pay for it if I didn't have to.

The other thing I got to do was to work on my bike a little bit. Tighten up the chain a few mm's, get some fresh oil into it, and of course take it for a nice little wash. Now the reality of my bike is that it is not running in pristine condition, in fact as I stand here I can catch the occasional whiff' of a mixture of oil and gasoline that tends to stain whatever pants I ride in on the inside of me left calf. But when I got on my bike this morning, and looked at the shiny gauges, and the silver exhaust, the headlight reflecting in what little sun there is today all I can do is sigh. As I pull on the leather jacket, the helmet, the gloves and fire up 1000cc's of japanese engineering I can only grin. As I pass the little rice rocket on university ave, or take a really nice deep corner coming down to anderson hall there is the hint of laughter bubbling up from deep within my biker's soul. I love it.

The bummer however about the bike is that tomorrow is a ride called "turn on the tap" for the samaritans purse in Calgary, which means that I get to leave after class today at 4:00 ish, but the problem is that the temperature is definately not warm. So I'll be suiting up and will probably appear moreso as a polar bear riding a bicycle rather than a leather wrapped menace to the roadways mounting his red dragon. But what can we do. Anyone inclined to pray could definately pray that the 60% chance of thundershowers in Calgary is lowered by 8:15 tomorrow when my PJS and I arrive at Samartan's purse and begin our ride with many like-minded christian riders.

Blessings on everyone, may you find things that make you as happy as I felt for the 10 minute trip to the U today.
dREW~