life transitions

well its been quite a long time since i wrote. i think mostly because i've felt guilty about not riding like i used to. getting married and moving away has been much for of a transition that i thought, even though its been a good transition. finally, almost a year after our wedding, i feel more motivated to ride again. some may not understand this, but joining two lives is CRAZY COMPLICATED!!! especially because we're both complete opposites. we tried joe riding with me, and have come to find that he doesn't like distance, so we've learned to pedal around town together. i can't complain, i'm just glad he likes bikes at all :) brooklyn now has a bike that attaches to mine and loves it. we may not ride far, but man its fun to do with her. its one of those things that bonds us together i think, since it's not joe's first pick in fun things to do. i haven't really done much trail riding, because, even though melvern is only 30 miles away, it's still not close by. and if any of you know me well, you know i do not like things to be complicated! thus, this joining of two lives has kept me from doing anything that would be remotely complicated on my own haha. i've done a little gravel riding with some folks around here, but sometimes even that gets complicated. i think i'm learning i like to just go out by myself. the problem with that in the past year or so since moving here was that i was alone all the time and so did not want to cause more alone time. joe has switched from working nights to days, so this has helped immensely and i'm feeling like i need the time to think. i'm also such a social person that just having a few friends isn't enough for me. this is one area joe and i are similar, so we're pretty good at finding people to hang out with. i've been trying to get involved in the community too. this summer i thought water aerobics (to boost my social side while i exercise), and today i started a yoga class! i'm going to a training in the spring to be certified, but the city was glad just to have someone to start a group fittness opportunity, so they didn't mind that i'm not certified yet. (i also made a qualifier to my yogies today too :)). back onto gravel riding alone: i rode monday a meisly 9 miles and got to thinking i really want to get back into the shape i was before. i can't do the same things i used to like spin class, but i can work to increase my miles at least once a week. i've gotta have a goal! so, i think my goal is to work toward a century gravel ride within the next year. so there you have it. you did not hear from me because i was transitioning into a life with two (and a half counting brooklyn) people but i'm still alive! and now thriving once again! :)