well, for those of you who were unaware, eric and i decided to give ezra an infant bike seat for his 1st birthday. since we live on campus and do not have student parking decals (what a rip off), we ride our bikes everywhere. if we have ezra with us, however, we have to walk, which, let's be clear, can be exhausting on a campus of this magnitude! therefore, for partly selfish reasons, we bought him a bike seat - so we can make shorter trips out and about campus AND so we can all have fun as a family (now that's not so selfish, is it?)
needless to say, eric had to adjust our ghetto bike - it's truly ghetto. not one but BOTH of the pedals have fallen off the poor thing so that when you're riding around you literally have nothing more than a NUB to push with your foot. gear shifting is a challenge, and there's some rubber that's fallen off the handle bars, but hey, it was an $80 tar-jay special from when we first moved out here, so who can beat that kinda deal?
now, for those of you who have seen my bike lately, i fully recognize that i can't exactly diss eric's bike considering mine is even more ghetto than his. yes, mine is from 1991. a pink and purple huffy. yes, janelle, you know EXACTLY which one this is. fresh from junior high. hey, it worked great. note the past tense verb there. yes, it was working until we moved out to our new apartment, and in less than 24 hour someone stole my bike seat!!! shady, i know! so my poor pink and purple fresh from 1991 junior high days huffy bike sits sadly all by itself on a nearby bike rack with its silver, seatless metal rod projected in the middle of the air sticking out like a sore thumb. in the mean time, i've been borrowing one of my CL's bikes - gabby's - for family fun rides. otherwise, i just ride eric's.
so back to me just riding eric's (yes, because my bike is more ghetto than his). well, in order to attach ezra's new seat to the back, eric had to raise his seat really high. this means that shortie (me) can barely get on the bike now. and today was the day that the bike conquered me. i had been studying at the library when i decided to go home for an hour before a major exam to play with ezra. i cycled home as fast as i could to beat the rain. upon arrival at the house, i tried to hop off the bike, but my feet wouldn't touch, so i leaned to one side and kicked my other leg behind me, only it got stuck on the EVIL bike seat!!! next thing i knew, i was falling! and not just me, but my 200-pound backpack with all my books in it, the bike, everything! i landed SO hard, and it hurt really bad. as i lay in the middle of the parking lot, tangled with the bike on top of me and tears streaming down my face, i wondered how in the world i was going to get up. thankfully, a few minutes later, eric and ezra pulled up in the car. eric jumped out and pulled the bike off of me and helped me into the house. D-R-A-M-A!!! it really was quite the scene. moral of the story: don't ride ghetto bikes! no actually, if you just swing your leg in the FRONT of you after attaching an infant bike seat. you should be golden. also, it sort of helps to make sure your feet can touch the ground before mounting any vehicle that moves. :)
well, if you were hoping to see pictures of me sprawled out in the parking lot after the accident, well, sorry to disappoint. instead, here are some pictures of ezra helping daddy put together his new bike seat. ezra is a lot cuter anyway! :)
needless to say, eric had to adjust our ghetto bike - it's truly ghetto. not one but BOTH of the pedals have fallen off the poor thing so that when you're riding around you literally have nothing more than a NUB to push with your foot. gear shifting is a challenge, and there's some rubber that's fallen off the handle bars, but hey, it was an $80 tar-jay special from when we first moved out here, so who can beat that kinda deal?
now, for those of you who have seen my bike lately, i fully recognize that i can't exactly diss eric's bike considering mine is even more ghetto than his. yes, mine is from 1991. a pink and purple huffy. yes, janelle, you know EXACTLY which one this is. fresh from junior high. hey, it worked great. note the past tense verb there. yes, it was working until we moved out to our new apartment, and in less than 24 hour someone stole my bike seat!!! shady, i know! so my poor pink and purple fresh from 1991 junior high days huffy bike sits sadly all by itself on a nearby bike rack with its silver, seatless metal rod projected in the middle of the air sticking out like a sore thumb. in the mean time, i've been borrowing one of my CL's bikes - gabby's - for family fun rides. otherwise, i just ride eric's.
so back to me just riding eric's (yes, because my bike is more ghetto than his). well, in order to attach ezra's new seat to the back, eric had to raise his seat really high. this means that shortie (me) can barely get on the bike now. and today was the day that the bike conquered me. i had been studying at the library when i decided to go home for an hour before a major exam to play with ezra. i cycled home as fast as i could to beat the rain. upon arrival at the house, i tried to hop off the bike, but my feet wouldn't touch, so i leaned to one side and kicked my other leg behind me, only it got stuck on the EVIL bike seat!!! next thing i knew, i was falling! and not just me, but my 200-pound backpack with all my books in it, the bike, everything! i landed SO hard, and it hurt really bad. as i lay in the middle of the parking lot, tangled with the bike on top of me and tears streaming down my face, i wondered how in the world i was going to get up. thankfully, a few minutes later, eric and ezra pulled up in the car. eric jumped out and pulled the bike off of me and helped me into the house. D-R-A-M-A!!! it really was quite the scene. moral of the story: don't ride ghetto bikes! no actually, if you just swing your leg in the FRONT of you after attaching an infant bike seat. you should be golden. also, it sort of helps to make sure your feet can touch the ground before mounting any vehicle that moves. :)
well, if you were hoping to see pictures of me sprawled out in the parking lot after the accident, well, sorry to disappoint. instead, here are some pictures of ezra helping daddy put together his new bike seat. ezra is a lot cuter anyway! :)
"don't worry, mom, i've got this under control!" (and thanks for the cool duds, aunt laura!)
three things to note in this picture: 1. that pathetic nub called a pedal in the bottom middle of the picture 2. how stinkin' HIGH that bike seat is (!) and 3. that my son ezra sits there with an open-mouthed expression as he takes in how you devise an evil weapon of pain-infliction 
before a spin around the block: bike helmet = pure TORTURE/TERROR! (are we evil parents if we laugh every time we see this?!)
after spin around the block (& perhaps that is why ezra looks slightly dazed): bike helmet = no biggie!
ready to roll with dadd-i-o!
truly, ezra loves riding around town with us now!
2 comments:
Love it--you had me LOL. :) Can't believe you still have the purple huffy--too funny. I actually left my red (piece...) of a bike on Lookout Mtn when we moved 2 years ago. We didn't have room, or I'd probably still have that gem from jr. high too. :)
Am I a bad friend if I laughed so hard my stitches burst? Lov eyou, Kendel!
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