wanna go ride bikes??

when i was in college, my roommate caroline told a funny (non pc) joke:

"a kid with add says, 'knock knock.'"

"who's there?"

"-wannagoridebikes?!"

i know, it's terrible, but really funny when told right.

so that's what andrew and i did today, we went for a bike ride. it was great, minus the parts where i thought i might die. we went to the shearon harris community park so that i could try some actual trails... we did the easy trail 3 times, and that was enough excitement for me. mostly, i wasn't in to the pine straw or roots... i was terrified of wiping out and kept picturing arun's girlfriend tara's disastrous endo in my mind. so we drove a few miles down the road to one of the entrances to the american tobacco trail after that and went a few very safe miles on that one before deciding it was time to seek sustenance.

we met my parents at the carolina brewery for beer and burgers. our waiter was terrible, but the food, weather, and company was wonderful! unfortunately, i didn't think to take a picture of that. we decided we needed our post-gigantic-meal siesta, so we took turns napping and watching movies at my parents' house. we watched the secret life of bees which had me crying throughout the whole movie. it was so good i'm going to read the book. it had been recommended to me several times before by different people, but i was teaching and never had the desire to add another book to my plate. now, i can't wait to catch up on my independent reading!

i guess that's about it - i'm still excited about this wonderful weather, but slightly bummed that it brings daylight savings time... "springing forward" just isn't appealing to someone who already drives to work in the dark every morning!