It\’s Christmas Eve already!

The sun was out this morning, for a change. The wind wasn\’t nearly as strong as the forecast had predicted. Not having to go to work today meant that I could sleep later. I didn\’t start my ride until about 8:10!

I stayed on the small ring today, and practiced riding fast — well, pedaling a lot faster — for intervals of 10-60 seconds. Now my legs are feeling it! That just goes to show how much I need such work.

When I was a kid, at this time on Christmas Eve, the Christmas Tree would be newly trimmed. We probably would be playing albums of Christmas carols. I would have been excitedly wrapping the presents that I had gotten for other members of the family.

Incidentally, as a young child I was puzzled by other kids at school who would say that they were going to get this or that for Christmas. I never could see what fun it was to KNOW ahead of time what you were going to get. At our home, the one exception was that you got a wristwatch for Christmas when you were in eighth grade.

Of course we could ask to get this or that — but being surprised was half the fun!