Update

Man, I've been horrible about posting this year. Well, here's some news:

Moved into a new apartment. It's so much nicer than ye olde rustic duplex. It's super quiet, too. I love it.

Beatrice (the scooter) is doing great. I got her blessed by the priest at the Catholic Student Center this week. No luck finding other scooterists to ride with. The guy who flagged me down never called. I posted on craigslist, but no responses. I'm thinking of leaving notes on all the scooters I see. The only problem is I really don't want to lead the scooter group/club. I just want to be in one.

Relatedly, the San Marcos social scene is totally getting me down. Where are the cool people my age? Both men and women, seriously. I'm at a neighborhood coffee shop right now. There are about 40 people in here. Two of them, besides me, are over 30 and they're the parents hosting a 12-year-old's slumber party group. Yeah, the band playing tonight just sang Happy Birthday to the birthday girl. I'm taking my focus to Austin. There are some activities listed on the church website for the young adults ministry in July. Here's hoping.

Work is still good, thankfully. Ironically, my boss is out of town this week and next, and I'm getting more cataloging done than ever. So much for "when the cat's away ...." Finally two weeks with no meetings. I've been averaging 6 meetings a week lately. That is insane. Good work stuff includes winning a $500 prize for the Outstanding Team award (or whatever it was called) and being eligible for a 3% merit raise (could be more or less depending on my dept. head's recommendation).

I'm taking group exercise classes at the student rec center. Yet another place where I'm the oldest one there. So far I've taken yoga and group barbell. I'm kinda proud of myself for not caring that everyone's younger. The good thing about yoga is that you have to find a focal point in order to keep your balance, so I'm sure no one's looking at me. I'm good at weight training, so I don't care if anyone looks in that class.

I think that's it for now.

Scooter update

After a slow start, I've been riding the scooter like crazy! I'm not as nervous anymore and I'm up for trying any route.
Memorial Day I went for a joy ride after gassing up Beatrice ($5 fill-up! Eat your heart out, Hummers!) This is the route I took:

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I took the Bishop/Craddock/RR12 loop twice because it was so fun!

Here's the route I took Friday after work. I went from work to a co-worker's house and then home. This was the busiest route traffic-wise that I had ever been on. I didn't have any problems. On the way home I got up to 50 mph. That's the fastest I've ever gone. The wind is a little rough at that speed, but it's not bad.

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I was talking about the scooter to friends of the co-worker on Saturday and told them I hadn't been on the highway yet, but she corrected me noting that 621 is indeed a highway and I was on it twice. I also went on 123, so technically I have been on highways now. I have not been on the interstate; that will take a while.