Today is a sunblock day; or at least, it was. As of 12:15 pm, it seems to be clouding up; and in fact, rain is likely tonight and tomorrow.

While I’m talking about sunblock, let’s not forget about lip care. After all, lips are skin, right? Rough, chapped, cracked lips can make eating uncomfortable; and who enjoys that? Worst is when the corners of my mouth get chapped, because they get sawn up when I try to floss my teeth. Ouch.

Today I’m late going for a ride. I had to hike over to a local optical shop to see whether they can mend my sunglasses. They’d have to send them somewhere; and it would cost about $80! But I had the case that came with my sunglasses; and of course it has the brand name on it. The shop says, I can send the glasses to the manufacturer; and it will cost only the shipping fee! You can probably guess which course I chose. Until I can get that taken care of, I have some cheap “toy” sunglasses to use.

Now I’m waiting for my landlady to come by to pick up the month’s rent; and after that’s taken care of, I hope to get out for a ride. My foot now lets me ride about nine miles; and I hope to be riding farther soon. Maybe even to the salvage store! That’s one of my questions for the podiatrist when I see him day after tomorrow.

Meanwhile, I’ll keep focusing on engaging my quads when riding. I think I was using more foot pressure than I realized. Actually, both foot-push and quad-lift are parts of the pedal stroke; but for now quad-lift will be better for me. However I pedal, don’t let me forget that this is a sunblock day.