Lundi Gras?? Isn\’t it MARDI Gras?

Lundi Gras is the day before Mardi Gras, and boy, does it feel good to have these two extra days off!

It\’s wonderful to be able to sleep until 7 am, or even later. I wouldn\’t have gotten up quite so early as that if I hadn\’t needed to go get a few things from the store.

Traffic wasn\’t nearly as heavy as I thought it might be. Either everybody was at work already, or they have today off, too. I rode the hybrid to do some errands; maybe a short a spin on the road bike later?

It\’s becoming increasingly cloudy, with a chance of showers after noon; and it\’s already past 11:00. There might even be T-storms tonight. Wind gusts could reach 20 mph. That\’s not good news for the parades that roll this evening.

Maybe tomorrow would be a better day for a ride. The forecast is for cloudy, but not rain. At any rate, I\’ll be glad to keep my distance from the Carnival madness.

I don\’t enjoy being in a big crowd like that to begin with. There are always people wearing \”scented stuff\”; people smoking; if the weather is cold, I\’ll be miserably chilly; it it\’s hot (which it can be this time of year), I\’m too hot; and on and on. Perhaps the greatest misery: if I have to \”go\”, it can be very hard to find a restroom.