I suggested to Darrin today that maybe we should get a bicycle built for two. He didn’t go for that one lol. I think it would be cool. We could have matching performance wear, helmets and we can have headsets for chatting. And we can also use a Y adapter for my Dell DJ so we can both hear the same music while we ride. I think that would be awesome. This is what we would look like…
Tomorrow morning I’m not going to wake up to an alarm clock telling me that I have to get up at the butt crack of dawn to go bike riding. Instead I’m just going to wake up when I wake up then I’m going to have something to eat, maybe a bowl of corn flakes, then wait a little while maybe an hour, they say to eat 1 hour before exercising. I wouldn’t want to give myself a cramp. Then I’m going to do some stretches for my legs and then get on my bike and go to Beach Park. This time I have a goal to get there and then collapse onto the grass and rest while listening to my music for a bit, maybe call Darrin and tell him I made it. Give my legs enough time to rest so I can make it all the way back home.
I think this is a good strategy. See the reason I haven’t made it all the way there yet is because I kinda figured I’d get there then immediately go home without stopping and it was just too much for my legs. But all I have to do is think about it in a different way and then I can do it. I need to do this. Then I can say hey I made it all the way to beach park and I collapsed on the grass and gave my legs enough time to rest before getting up, I looked at how pretty it is and I looked at the bike path but I will save the bike path for another time. Yeah, that’s what I’ll say.
The one thing I need is encouragement to do it. Well, on that note I think I shall go to bed and rest up for tomorrow. This is good because it’s only 11:12pm and not 2am lol.
Well, I finally got my packages today and I’m not happy at all. The battery came way earlier than it should have and I was ecstatic about that but it doesn’t fit. It’s too wide. I plugged it in and it turned the Dell DJ on instantly but since the battery was dead it said low battery and shut off.
The frame bag is way too big, that’s why I bought the cheaper one because I thought it was going to be smaller. It covers my drink holder, where will I put my bottle of water now? I could shove it over so it doesn’t cover my water cage I guess.
The pump doesn’t do what it is supposed to do. Sure it pumps the tire up but the gauge doesn’t show me how much pressure is in the tire. What is the point of having a pump with a pressure gauge if it doesn’t work?
I can live with the big frame bag, I can even live with a pump that doesn’t do it’s job (gauge). I just wanted a mini pump and that’s what I got with a bonus feature (that doesn’t work). But the Dell DJ battery, that one I cannot keep and deal with. That one has to go back and I’m back at square one. No music.
I was just thinking, if I plug the battery in but then strap it to the back of the Dell DJ with a rubber band then charge it, I wonder if it will still work. It will be a little bit bulky but at this point I really don’t care. I just want my DJ back.
I’m calming down now, trying to find a silver lining.
Well, since I bought the pump and frame bag for my bike I now have to wait on the battery for my Dell DJ. In order to ride my bike I need stuff for it. If my tire blows I can’t pump it up without the tools in a bag on my bike frame so the Dell DJ is a moot point because the whole reason I wanted to get a new battery was so I could enjoy music while riding the bike, if I can’t ride the bike then no reason for music.
There are a few other things I need as well like a new headlight and backlight preferably the kind that attach to the back wheel that turns on while you are riding the bike. What can I say, I hate buying batteries.
I also need a bike shirt that absorbs the sweat and makes me cooler while I ride. Cotton is so bad for riding a bike because it sticks to your skin. It doesn’t absorb the sweat and then dry while you are riding. Ok, don’t worry, I won’t subject anybody to bike shorts. Believe me, it ain’t gonna happen.
I do need a helmet too though. I know it’s the law for teenagers but it’s only common sense for an adult to wear one. I tried buying one at this thrift store one time and Darrin laughed at me and it was a very nice one so if he laughs at me then it makes me not want to wear it which is a very dangerous way of thinking because if I got into an accident I’d DIE!
Hopefully when I get all that I need to ride then I will be able to get a battery for my Dell DJ. I just can’t ride without music. It’s so boring without it. I do have a solar charger that plugs into the Dell DJ so that’s not a problem, the solar charger works as a battery. But still, I’d rather have a proper battery.
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