He won't have to hire a hit man

I think my neighbor tried to kill me tonight. Oh, he was very clever about it, and offered up the most innocent proposal. I was walking without my dog, Nikki, as she is on bed rest until I can take her to the vet tomorrow. I think she's having hip issues. My neighbor came riding by on his bike, and we started talking about trying to keep in shape. I told him I'd thought about getting one but it had been so long since I had riden a bike. Last time, I bought a bike about 20 years ago, I rode it a couple of times then didn't ride it again. I didn't have a safe place to ride it so I ended up selling it. But since my house is in a better location, except for all the hills, I've thought about it again as way to get in better shape and lose weight. I just don't want to buy another bike only to sell it again. I mentioned this to him, and he said, "Oh, why don't you take my wife's bike for a few days. She won't use it."

Against my better judgement, I said okay. I stopped down at his house on the way back from my walk and picked it up. I rode it, shakily at first, for a couple of blocks and thought I was going to die. My legs were so shaky after just a couple of blocks. What an embarassment to see how out of shape I am. Now with a couple of hours between me and my bike ride, I do feel better. We'll see how it goes this week.

Okay, did I mention my back porch is out in the open? Before I could finish this post, it starts sprinkling with no warning. They've been calling for rain for days, and here it just appears out of the blue. I'm under my towel to finish this. I'll keep you posted about the biking adventures, if I don't kill myself that is.