In case you haven’t heard – I GOT A BIKE!!!!!

I’ve been yelling and cheering about it all day long. I realized a few months ago that I really wanted a bike. Unfortunately, I didn’t really do anything about it and refused to ask for one for Christmas. I never thought that anyone would be able to get one in their budget. Bikes are big business and can get really expensive.

When I was a kid I was a pretty skilled bike rider. I learned to ride a two-wheeler and never looked back. When it came time for the annual Hespeler Optimist Bike Rodeo, I was right there in my element. The rodeo gave me a chance to show my skills, my hand eye coordination, my safety knowledge and my super awesome ability to rock my bike. I actually won the entire rodeo twice and came out with two new bikes.

Unfortunately those bikes were all gone over the next few years, including my awesome purple bmx that I used to win the rodeo. The first bike was a mountain bike and my dad ended up giving it to my cousin who’s parents couldn’t really afford a new bike. The second was a 10 speed that my dad gave to my niece when she outgrew her own bike. I wasn’t really riding it all the time anymore as I had my drivers license so it wasn’t that big a deal.

And here I am, 32 years old and would love to go for a ride, but no bike to do it. I started looking off and on with www.kijiji.ca. What’s nice about kijiji is that you are able to search in specific areas and price ranges. Sure I saw some wonderful bikes that were a little too expensive, and then some crappy bikes at wonderful prices. I emailed someone on a bike at the end of the summer that they said they were selling for their grandmother. The bike was all awesome and retro and looked perfect for my needs. Sadly – they never responded and the ad even stayed up for a month longer. Every time I saw it I got this bad taste in my mouth.

Two days before Christmas I suddenly realized that I should’ve asked for a bike from Santa. I started looking pretty seriously again at bikes and noticed an advertisement from a bike shop in Kitchener that was having a big sale this week. My dream bike was on sale half price – but that was still over $300. Knowing that I needed a good solid adult bike, I was almost ready to go buy one.

Turn on boxing day. I knew that people would be selling things after Christmas, I thought I’d give it a shot. Kijiji allows you to sell things second hand so would this be my chance to find a bike??? I log on and not only did I find a bike, but it was in Cambridge – located within a bikes ride of our house! The price was just over $100, it was cruiser, has white wall tires and a basket. I’ve always loved my mom’s retro bike – of course hers was actually from when she was a teenager so it truly is an original. Her bike has a book rack, where the one I was interested in has a basket.

I sent off a message “I would be interested in seeing the bike.” I was going to include more, but my loving husband thought that was enough. If I was first to respond, they should be able to answer and I might get a bike. Hours and hours went by and I kept checking my email for a response. Sadly – there was nothing. I gave up by the evening but was shocked when my husband turned on the computer to see that I had gotten an email. We arranged to meet the following day (today).

We drove over this morning and as soon as I saw the bike I couldn’t help but smile. The bike wasn’t overly used, and the gentleman who was selling it on behalf of his wife told us they were updating to a mountain bike because they wanted to get more off the beaten path. The gentleman we dealt with was so nice. He even adjusted the seat lower so that I could ride on it with my short legs. I was so excited to hear the little ding of the bell, and how easy it was to get the basket on and off so that I can take it shopping with me.

The hubby took a ride and compared it to a shopping cart. I knew that would be what I was getting. Being that I’m not the same kind of skilled rider I once was, I knew that this bike would not be winning the bike rodeo any time soon.

I honestly, couldn’t stop smiling the whole time. The bike had to be mine and I was so happy to give him the money and put it in the car. as soon as we got home, I hopped on the bike took a spin for myself. I’m still smiling at it now – even though it was bloodly cold!!!

I’m the proud owner of a Schwinn 3-speed Cruiser with a basket, bell and white wall tires. And I’m happy. Oh so happy. 🙂

I went to see a psychic for my birthday. I’ve always wanted to go and see one and this was going to be an opportunity to take control and make it happen. I asked my oldest sister to come with me and she was so kindly willing to go and take notes for me.

I wanted to write everything that was said down so that I could remember what was said.

He said I would have a long life but that I have some health problems. Namely on my left side – most likely the ovary. Within the next 5 months it’s going to get worse and I’m going to need to look into it. If I want to have a baby that I’m going to need to have this looked at first. He said that I have water on me and that I need to take some water pills to get this off. He said I need to lose 7 pounds and that should give me more energy and make me feel better.

My career will be changing slightly. He has noted that I haven’t been happy with my current position for the past year and that I had another position before that I was better suited to. I will be staying in the same field but moving upwards within the next 3 months. Going to happen quickly. I will have new responsibilities. The company I am with is not using my talents to the best of their ability and they will realize they could be making more money with me in a different position. I need to put a lot of effort in and not be afraid. He feels that I will achieve my career goals this year.

He feels that I’m a very people oriented person and that I need to stop focusing on people who don’t appreciate me. I should keep working on maintaining positive relationships and working with others. He said that I am very caring and that I have been held back by a man in my life.

There is a man in my life that is upsetting me and that in the past year we have had a lot of communication breakdown and a lack of trust. The lack of communication is bringing down my self esteem. He is intimidated by me and doesn’t like my leadership. We need more and friendlier soft love making – fun, not necessarily slow. I need to make ultimatums with him regarding work or there will be a major problem. My husband spends too much money and needs to really look at his needs vs his wants. He is contaminating me and things need to change or it will end up hurting me. We need to take a vacation away, not far, even if it’s just for a single night to try and bring our relationship back on track. I am stronger than him and I need to stand up for myself so that he stops bringing me down.

He said that I am made for having babies and children. I will have them but probably not for a year. I need to focus on getting the issue with the inflammation in the left side of my body first.