Today I (ugh!) Drove

Forgot to set my alarm this morning. Normally not a big deal, since most days I have some buffer time built in to my schedule—I usually get to my office several hours before I teach. But on Fridays, I teach at 8:00 am. My inner alarm went off at 7:15. It's a 30-minute ride. It took me 10 minutes to do the math, and by then it was too late: I'd never make it by bike.

I have ridden in such wretched conditions this winter that I no longer look for excuses not to ride. It was raining this morning, but that never entered into the debate. Rain? Big deal. Put on the rain gear, hop on the slush mobile, and away! But I couldn't defy the laws of physics and make time stand still. I had to drive. I didn't enjoy it as much as I would have enjoyed the ride. Even in the rain.