VICTORY, well steps towards it anyway!

I have a secret not many of you may know about me. I may have packed it up and lived in Afghanistan, but I am a closet scardey cat. I have these funny little things that scare me and one of the biggest is my fear of riding bikes! I can count on three fingers the amount of times I've gotten on one since I was 10 years old. It terrifies me, it bruises my bum, I hate it. Apparently this is my year to start facing my fears and we have decided to do family bikes for Christmas... since we found a good deal this weekend, Christmas came early for me. Being outdoors and doing things together as a family is important to us. We live so close to a fantastic river trail, it would be ridiculous for us to not spend some time on it as the kids get older, also I can hardly tell Laila to go outside and ride her bike if I refuse to get on one myself. I went on my first bike ride in about 20 years last night and I have to say it's wasn't that bad. I'm still pretty much going to stay in areas where there aren't too many people till I get more comfortable, but already I'm picturing the baby seat we just bought attached to the back and peddling down the road on a warm sunny day. I'm determined to overcome it and if I can get over my bike riding fear, (which don't laugh is a pretty big one for me) then watch out other fears.....you're next....like swimming in the deep ocean...wait, I might need counseling before that one.


Good thing Mark was with me in the bike shop, the only thing I really cared about was what color it was, thankfully he knows a thing or two more than I do. Oh, it's silver and white with pretty pink flowers of course.