So today started off with a beautiful ride up on tantalus. I was mentally killing myself for waking up an hour later than usual but by time I was most of the way up I was totally stoked to be up there. I've been wanting to get back up for several weeks now, it's so gorgeous! I definitely had to hold on to that moment several times today; when I was exhausted at work, when I wanted to tell a co-worker a mean joke but held my tongue ( I hear they're re-vamping sesame street, maybe you should audition for ____ the grouch!) and when I was riding on the motorcycle on the freeway in the pouring rain equipped with my short slacks, flats, a helmet and a light sweater. I'm so happy I convinced myself to ride tantalus this morning instead of doing it tomorrow because tomorrow I might be going north... Hip flexors are sore but I'm happy, eating carbs and protein again, vegging out on raw cacao macaroons, painting my nails and watching the latest episode of House :)