No, they're cycling shoes

There's something uniquely invigorating about logging in to the bike and build homepage to find that one eighth of your fundraising requirement has been met by the donation of a single entity. Special thanks go out to my church, St. Andrew Lutheran, for donating five hundred dollars to the ride to end poverty housing! It really was far more than I anticipated getting from the church that has already given me so much, and that introduced me to Habitat for Humanity back when I was a freshman in high school.

In other news, I'm finally getting fitted for my bike so that I can get it shipped out. My rationalization for having taken so long is that the bike's arrival will probably coincide with the spring thaw, so I can just put it together and hit the road. I'm sure Dan, who has generously lent me his Ralleigh to train on for so long, will appreciate having his bike back. Sadly, I haven't been able to ride it very much of late, with all the snow and ice and my not liking really cold, windy weather. The last part is just me being lazy, I know, but even though I haven't had much time in the last week on that particular saddle, I have been cycling an hour a day. Lately I've become well acquainted with one of the spinning cycles at UREC, which I have affectionately named Rusty.

Rusty's a great old bike, situated right in front of the basketball courts, and with clipless pedals. Sadly, they're inverted and backwards, so the pedals need to be switched out in order to be used. Since my knowledge of bicycles is... bad, lacking, the list of adjectives stretches, all synonymous with "nil"... I've not been able to use my cycling shoes on Rusty. Funny thing about my cycling shoes. I use mountain bike shoes, mostly for comfort. The simplest way to describe the difference between moutain bike shoes and road bike shoes is this: you can walk normally in mountain shoes. Road shoes, don't even try. Consequently, when I bike to class I just keep my cycling shoes on, a fact that has led many people to believe I'm trying to make a fashion statement.

I must sadly burst these persons' respective bubbles. They're practical. Why bring two pairs of shoes when one will suffice? I must embarassingly admit though that I really like walking around with shoes that have velcro straps instead of laces. If I had normal tennis shoes that were velcroed instead of laced, I would wear them. I really don't like laces; hate them, even. I still have to wonder if complete strangers don't think I'm mentally impaired when they see me walking down the street.

I'll end my exceedingly rambly post with a bit of business. Tommorrow I have my first Habitat for Humanity build in almost a year. I'm really looking forward to it, especially since someone I did Habitat with in my youth will be on the trip, coordinating it. Now I just have to print out the forms, and knock out part of my sweat equity requirement. Booyah.

Peace out, Hombres.