I do not outside very well

Greetings, ahoy, and all that other happy hello nonsense!

So, I live in the suburbs.  The wilds of suburbia.  The great outdoors. In other words, NOT the city.  I miss the city.  People there know how to use escalators (stand on the right, walk on the left, people!) and revolving doors and how to survive without a car.

But I will figure this out.  No really, I totally will.

proof that I do not outside well

We all know that Rachel + outside = disaster.  But did you also know that I haven't ridden a bicycle in decades?  And I hit a lot of trees when I did.  And parked cars.  And other people on bikes.

Although once I was running outside and I ran into a parked car, so let's not assume that I'm only a disaster just waiting to happen when I'm on wheels, it's also when I'm on my feet.

Or when I'm sitting on a chair.

On a chair IN THE SHADE.

But anyhow, outsiding is not a strong suit of mine, but damnit, I'm going to get better at it.  I camped once as an adult (Campsgiving 2015 FTW) and that was okay.  Also, I have recently re-learned how to ride a bike.

I've been riding said bike (single speed, coast brakes) to and from the train station to get to work.  It's just a mile, so no big deal, but totally fun.    And also now I have a couple of craigslist bikes that I want to overhaul to play with.  So that I have a few options. There will be way more of that later.

Also I'm getting some time in on the motorcycle.  I drove it on the street a couple weeks ago (stupid weather is SO not helping!) and survived, so that's totally a bonus.

So yeah, the suburbs aren't my favorite, but I'm learning to adjust.  Also I'm a huge whiner. (oh wah wah wah the suburbs, wah wah)

But I've got some things that will totally help with the suburban life:
- my husband has a garage full of tools that he allows me to use while I'm working on the bike projects
- the dog actually doesn't hate going for walks
- the stepkid will be here soon for the summer
- I may actually finish unpacking before we end up moving again
- weekend spin class

So that's it! I think if I can really stick to the bike project thing that'll be super helpful, I've got all these really great ideas, and tons of online resources, and since I started taking the 1st bike totally apart last night I think I'm gonna actually get going on that.  So yay!