Spring Break ~ The BS Report

Both Sarah and I had our spring break the week before last. We decided that we would try to make some memories rather than being busy with school and work all week. We thought it would be fun to go for a bike ride together, and the secretary at Sarah's school had mentioned to Sarah that if she was interested, she could borrow a road bike from her.

I don't think Sarah anticipated the excitement of the department secretary, when she asked if she could borrow a road bike. She was going to bring the bike to school the Friday before spring break so Sarah could use it over the break. Sarah worked on some stuff before going into school that day and was surprised to get a text from the secretary asking her when she was going to be there. When Sarah got to work, the secretary told her that she had been waiting all morning and that they were going for a ride.

Sarah was more than a little nervous because she had never ridden a road bike before (with shoes clipping her feet to the pedals), not to mention her concern for getting grease on her khaki work pants. They rode around the parking lot for a little bit and then went the fairgrounds nearby. Luckily, there were no crashes and no grease stains. The only weird look Sarah got was from one of her students, as if to say what are you doing riding a bike around the parking lot?

So, with a borrow road bike and a goal to make some memories over spring break, we decided to ride the 9 miles to our church and back (18 miles round trip). The weather was great and we had a blast (without any crashes).

For the worried parents who are noticing the speed limit sign, I think we saw three or four cars in the hour or so we were on this road. Sarah wouldn't ride on a road where she didn't feel safe.

The next adventure of our spring break was a trip to the eye doctor. We were both down to our last pair of contact lenses, but didn't think much of it until we had some homemade Cafe Rio the week before. I cut the jalapenos for the salad dressing, washed my hands and then took out my contacts for the night. That was a bad decision, but not nearly as bad as the decision to try to put those same contacts in the next morning. Needless to say, I didn't wear any contacts until getting new ones from our trip to the eye doctor.

We both got our eyes dilated, which made the drive home a little interesting. Luckily, my eyes were dilated as much as Sarah's and we made it safely home, where we decided to show off our new shades.

The next morning, we decided to go out to breakfast at a local diner here in Norman, appropriately named The Diner. (It was featured on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" if you care to watch.) I had heard about it from multiple people at school, so we thought we'd give it a try.

We felt a little bit out of place because it seemed like every other person in the diner was a regular. It seemed like everyone else was greeted with something similar to the following: Hey John, how are you today? Coffee, toast, sausage and two eggs, over easy?
Despite feeling like fish out of water, the food was great and we enjoyed feeling like we were going back in time to an old diner.

After breakfast we went for another bike ride, this time riding about 21 miles. Sarah didn't think it was fair that all the riding shots were of her, so the close up is of me.