I feel cheated. The forecast showed a high chance of showers and T-storms; and indeed, I heard thunder three times between waking and getting out of bed.

I figured that heavy rain could begin at any moment; and if lightning was hanging around, I didn’t want to be riding on top of the levee. So I didn’t ride; and then nothing happened!

Similarly, I decided not to ride to work today. I had to go to the drugstore this afternoon anyhow; and if there was heavy rain and street flooding, I didn’t want to be struggling through it on a bicycle.

So guess what happened. Next to nothing! There was some thunder and drizzling during the afternoon; but not the downpour I was expecting.

Before I left for work this morning, I set up the hybrid in the trainer; and after work I put in 20 minutes or so of pedaling. Of course a real ride is much better; but the sky looked stormy, and I decided not to try going out on a bicycle.

There still could be rain tonight; and thanks to the “street improvement” work going on, getting to the bike path will mean wading through a quagmire. I don’t want to try to ride through all that mud and “river sand” for several reasons.

One, the traction is poor. Two, my bicycle will get terribly mucked up; and three, the road bike has no fenders to keep dirty water and grit from getting tossed up the back of my jersey; and even into my hair! 

For some reason my sense of time is off kilter this week; and yesterday I kept thinking that it was Thursday. Today, I had a hard time remembering that it isn’t Friday! Gee, I feel cheated.