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Not sure what that was on the rug just now. Pretty sure it came from the cats. I suppose it's a sign of something that my response to putting my toe into something wet and squishy was more 'oh, good, it's not poop, but I'm getting the enzymatic cleaner anyway' than 'AIEEE'. Bugger if I know what, though.

Speaking of bugger, I've started on the outline for the next Hellblazer: Hogwarts chapter. It's time for John's first day behind the desk. I'm debating having him attempt a roll call just because he doesn't know who the kids are, but that would cut the knees out of the wonderful "... TIM?" moment of mistaken recognition.

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Today's plan:

- Get bike down stairs
- Ride to nearest Duane Reade, buy cheap plastic canteen*
- Get to Newport Ferry and ride it to 38th St pier
- Go to Chelsea Bikes and get parts installed on bike**
- Possibly get headlight/tail light installed on bike too***
- Get supplementary chain lock for bike
- Ride from Chelsea Bikes over to Hudson River Park
- Up to 57th or 72nd
- Across to Central Park
- Around full Central Park loop including "Cardiac Hill"
- Wibble my way to the Downtown Boathouse
- 20 minutes' kayaking
- Back up to 38th St.
- Back to Newport on the ferry
- Stop at supermarket for dinner easily made by someone going "AGH THERE GOES MY GLYCOGEN"
- Home
- Make dinner
- Attempt to write, draw or knit- something like that

*I left mine at my parents' house yesterday
**I have tried like anything to get that bedamned screw to come loose and no Allen wrench or large screwdriver will do the trick; I'd use my dad's power screwdriver but he's off to West Virginia for a week
***Or not, since I could just as easily buy a cheaop one at Modell's and install it myself- we'll see

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ACTUAL EVENTS OF TODAY:

- rode to Duane Reade, got canteen
- got on ferry, went to 38th st pier
- rode to Chelsea Bikes, got told 'many ahead of you'
- left bike @ shop, walked from 26th & 7th down to pier 24 (south of Canal st), would have done trapeze school instead but that's 2 hrs/class
- 20 min. kayaking in which I retrieved someone's volleyball
- took train to 23rd st station, walked to Chelsea Bikes
- answered many questions about chainless drive @ shop, bought handlebar headlight
- rode to riverside park along 26th st
- rode up to 59th st, took hill in 2nd gear, did not stand out of saddle once
- did entire Central park loop incl Cardiac Hill*, did not stand out of saddle except to avoid impact injury to undercarriage since nice man @ Chelsea Bikes adjusted seat height & this made quite a bit of difference
- rode over to 59th again & went down to riverside
- rode along until I got to 38th
- took ferry to Newport
- rode to nearest burger joint & got burger & onion rings, put small soda in cheap canteen rather than trying to maneuver cup properly
- got home, got bike up stairs

Showering now. back later.


*-whimper-

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Yay Google Pedometer!

House to docks: 1.47 miles
Docks to Chelsea Bikes: 1.48 miles
Chelsea Bikes to park and around the loop: 9.47 miles
Out of loop to piers: 1.74 miles
Piers to home: 1.47 miles

WALKED:
Chelsea Bikes to Pier 26: 2.82 miles
Pier 26 to subway station for uptown ride: 0.65 miles
23rd St subway station to Chelsea Bikes: 0.34 miles

TOTAL TRAVELED BY BIKE: 15.63 miles
TOTAL WALKED: 3.81 miles

... I'm pleased with that.