Scott's birthday was on Monday. I made his favorite cake (recipe to follow), made chicken curry for dinner, picked him up a couple of books that I knew he didn't have and would enjoy. Andrew got him some Sea Monkeys (who's life is complete without sea monkeys?) I took Andrew out for the afternoon so he'd have some quiet time to write or sleep or whatever.
Then on Tuesday he took Andrew out to the park to play in the creek. I read and took a nap. They came back just after I woke up, and came walking in with this:
I was SOOOO thrilled! Many of you know that I rediscovered biking two summers ago when my friend Mike was in a biking accident that nearly took his life. I have been borrowing Scott's bike because mine was so old and beat up we couldn't really recover it. It was a bit too big for me and the brakes needed some work, but basically it worked fine for the type of biking I do. With Scott trying to get more healthy we had been talking about replacing some parts on my bike to try to get it going again so we could all go biking together.
What a special treat to see them walk in the door with a brand new bike for me. And they got a great price on it because it was on sale and Scott returned something that wasn't really working anyway. We ate a hasty dinner and then we all set out on a nice little 5 mile bike ride. It was very windy, but warm and beautiful, and I loved how easy the ride was thanks to this nice bike. I never had to walk it at all!
Today I set out again on a 4 mile ride, while leaving Scott and Andrew at the archery range. Its another gorgeous day here.
Tomorrow we are off for 24 hours to Duluth for a little mini vacation. We got a great deal on a hotel room at a waterpark and are meeting a couple friends up there. Then Scott has the rest of the weekend off. Woo hoo!
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