Wind of Change

This morning when I woke up to get ready for practice, I realized that it was super warm (relatively speaking) and I didn't have my kids, so it was a perfect day to get out my bike for the am commute.

I was so happy pedaling myself downtown! I've driven more this winter than I have in the past five, and it's no good, so I'm SUPER excited that the temps are rising and biking is more feasible again.

Yep, it was really lovely out for my morning ride, but by the time I went out running with a friend, and especially by the time I headed home, it was crazy windy.

So on my bikeride this afternoon I was thinking about lots of things, among them:

1) It has been a long time since my quads have had a day where they really felt the burn, but today, with 12 miles of riding, 75 minute practice and a 5 mile run, they did;

2) I am REALLY excited about my upcoming job interview and I'm feeling so supported by my network of friends and colleagues, all of whom are pulling for me;

3) It is really difficult to ride into the wind but I am hoping that this wind is the one of which the Scorpions speak, the wind of change:

The world is closing in
Did you ever think
That we could be so close, like brothers
The future's in the air
I can feel it everywhere
Blowing with the wind of change

I can feel the future in the air too, my rocking German friends, I can feel it too:

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
in the wind of change

And I think it's going to be good for those children of tomorrow, at least, if I have anything to say about it:

The wind of change
Blows straight into the face of time
Like a stormwind that will ring the freedom bell...

As my friend Martin would say, let (that) freedom ring!