Ridin' a Bike

Dude - I just realized, like too late, that I cannot ride a bike. Well, I guess that's not a true statement (I'm taking Algebra, so we're all about "true statements") I'll fix it...

I cannot ride a bike very well.

Well, I guess that's not true either, cause I fixed my problem, so really what I should have said was...

I couldn't ride a bike very well until a few hours ago.

There we go - now I'm pretty sure that's true... :P Anyways, so back to the point. I couldn't ride my bike, right? So we're going on this trip to Grant's Trail tomorrow, my class I mean, and today during the skill check I kind of embarrassed the heck out of myself because I hadn't ridden a bike in about 2 years until like 3 days ago - so yeah - imagine that!!

So I was going extremely slow (compared to everyone else, but not compared to myself 3 days ago, back when I was re-learning) and I had trouble stopping and starting and changing gears and all that stuff. But I made it through the day - even though a whole bunch of people were kind of being really insulting and mean - and then I came home and I was like "I need to practice riding my bike!!!"

So my dad took me to Forest Park and we went all the way around the loop - not very fast mind you - but faster than I had gone earlier and I was doing well stopping and starting and all that jazz...

I think I probably started the day (on a scale of 1-10) at about a 3 - maybe - and by the end of that ride at Forest Park, I was an 8 or a 9 - which is AWESOMEY AWESOME AWESOME!! See ya on Grant's Trail tomorrow!!

Hello Again!!

Hey everyone! I'm really sorry I haven't been on for a while!! I've been really busy lately. OK - so I'll go through everything in order...

1. I GOT A PHONE!!!! I'm so excited!! It's a Samsung Gravity 3 - and I love it!! Texting so much easier than sending e-mails!! :P

2. I GOT MY EARS PIERCED!!! I'm so happy!! I got 4 mm silver balls as my starters - and I love them!! They're so pretty!!

3. I AM NOW A TEENAGER!!! That's right - the one and only me has just turned 13!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOODNESS!!!! Yay!!!!!

So that's pretty much it. Thx for stickin' with me people, even though I haven't been typin' up some exciting events! :)

- Soph