Almost the end of July and much has happened since my last post. I am halfway through eight weeks off on medical EI. Thank God for Canada's Employment Insurance program! The first three weeks were pretty much waiting for my increased medication to kick in. Finally happened and i slept well for the first time this year. Mind you, that sleeping well involved eight hours each night and then a roll-over and another three or four hours. Well, after a week of that I settled into about seven hours a night.

I had been using Dick's van until the 19th, when he decided that his nephew from Alberta needed it more than I did. Talk about having to bite the bullet as far as being poor goes. NO CAR!!!! Wow, first time without one since I was nineteen.

So, I dragged out the ten year old, never ridden more than a total of twenty kilometers by me, 5 years used when I got it, mountain bike. And I have ridden. I think that I am averaging about twenty-five kilometers a day and apart from a sore butt and the amount of sweat I'm pouring out there are no ill effects.

I hate to admit it, but I am now starting to have Bicycle Fantasies. Yes, Virginia, there are such things. Mostly they revolve around the thought of biking down to visit Jessie next summer. Eight thousand kilometers must surely equal fantasy. On the other hand, I have gotten a couple of books out of the library that were written by folks who have done the trip, and I've cruised the MEC catalogue looking at stuff....hmm.

Well enough of this for now. Must ride off to the library.