Just got back from my first effort to assess my health. So far, seems solid! I took a 15 mile ride out to the suburbs with my dad, mostly unloaded (although at the last minute I put my five-pound penny jar in the handlebar bag because unloaded was too weird). I’m pretty sure I have more energy after riding than I did before, perhaps due to the fact that sleeping all day is not the recommended road to a high-energy lifestyle, and my tonsils remain quiescent.
Now with that good ride under my belt, I will get down to the rather more icky business of buying a ticket to Cincinnati, which will likely involve flying out from Providence or Manchester, since the privilege of flying out of Logan doubles the cost of the ticket, which is maybe not acceptable given that I’ll already be spending more shipping my bicycle as shipping my body. O the injustice!
Flight search update: while looking for the most reasonable deals on carrying my bike, I spent some time puzzling over US Airways’ policy on “special items.” My favorites:
Boston to Seattle or Bust 