Cyclist

In the last three days I have biked about 120 miles, give or take. My dad got a nice road bike, along with a new home in downtown Santa Ana, so I've been going up there to borrow the bike. There is a very long paved trail that runs along the Santa Ana river from the Huntington Beach coast to Yorba Linda. The first ride I took ran from Santa Ana to Anaheim to Huntington then back to Santa Ana. The next day I took the trail the opposite direction and hit Yorba Linda, then came back. Each ride was just shy of forty miles. Then yesterday I set out for the trail, which is about four miles from my starting point, but I took a different route and never found the trail. I made it to the coast on streets and ended up in Newport. I headed north to Huntington and caught the trail back. After getting off of the trail I got lost. I biked all over Santa Ana until I found some trails. I biked through parks and under railroad tracks and by an archery range. I exited the trail and using my best judgment figured out which direction to go to get back to my parent's house. I ended up in Orange, so I called my dad to find out what the hell I had done. As it turned out, I had been heading the exact opposite direction of where I wanted to go, and at a great speed. The good news was that I was only three or four miles away. I turned around and made it back moments later. I imagine my ride was fifty miles, or more, considering all of the ground I covered. I was out for nearly three hours and had consumed very little water, so when I was done I was drinking a lot of water. But this did not make up for the lack of fluids during the ride, apparently, because for the rest of the night I had a terrible headache and felt weak. I only remember one other time I felt this way, and that was years ago when I experienced my first, and last hangover. After a lot of sleep I feel much better... still not perfect, but I am well enough to be on a stationary bike right now while looking into the bright computer screen.

Tomorrow I have an appointment to see an apartment in Los Angeles. It is an artists community with several open units for $750. I would like for it to work out. I will also look around the area for work. I want to find a Trader Joe's or something, they seem to treat their workers with much more respect than I am used to.

I guess that is all. Goodbye.