Patience

     I finally got notice that my bike has shipped. Huzzah! However, this is the kind of waiting that makes me crazy. It is one reason why I always prefer to buy things in a store.  The tactile aspect of selection and then the instant gratification.  The quick and wonderous claiming of "MINE!" on your heart's desire of the moment.  It's why retail therapy is a thing. =)

But I do find a perverse delight in the anticipation.  I love to rip into a package, and argue  and curse and fume at the packaging.  I have never gotten a bike in a box before.  I actually don't know what state of completeness it will arrive in.  I am pleasantly surprised to find myself not just indifferent to to possibility of having to completely build it, but actually excited at the prospect.  I like building things, though I have never built a mechanical thing I understand how they work better than electronics.  The thought of starting at the very beginning....it's like getting a puppy.  A commitment, a learning process, messy.  It seems so...appropriate to what I am doing. 

The next step is to further cut back my car usage and start on daily, short errand runs and close clients with the bike.  Of course, the universe has gifted me with great prosperity this month, which is great because then I can get the rest of my gear sooner AND still be able to have a life and food and stuff.  It is also...inconvenient.  Because of the weather and the type of car issues we have, I HAVE to separate out some of the appointments, my client's schedules also play a significant role.  I guess it just means I will have more opportunity to get of my butt and ride.

So tomorrow, if I am supremely lucky (which I am from time to time) or Monday, I fight with a large box until it opens and gives me my precious!  Pictures, I promise.