Matt and I celebrated my new job by picking up food from Urdaneta, which is a Spanish small plates restaurant on Alberta.
The food was delicious, and I would like to go back when they are seating people.
Matt also was a fan.
P.S. Behind him, you can see my old desk, waiting for a NextDoor buyer to come and pick it up. More on that in another post.
O! If only all the things worked together!
The new bike’s rack is a different gauge than the bike rack on the old bike. So these two sets of transporting options must go. I’m sad to see them go. The panniers I spent a bunch of money on. In my mind, they were still shiny and new, but they did have a lot of wear when I looked them over. I advertised them on Craigslist for $20, but no takers, so I switched them to free and someone stopped to pick them up.
The bike buckets went fast at $20 total. I advertised that they came with “authentic Portland street grit” and that helped, I think. Quality products, those bike buckets are.
I also sorted through a bunch of bike things and set bits and bobs out on the parking strip. They were gone before the end of the day.
And here’s my great find. Not only is zoned travel long-gone from the TriMet map, they stopped accepting those tickets years and years ago! Money down the drain! And look at this change I had been sitting on for so many years. I had been thinking of buying those cord corrals, so that was a bonus find.
I think these things might have been from our big bike trip to Eugene in 2011. My guess is that I never fully unpacked that bag and hadn’t used it since.
When everything has its place and things must be displaced in order for changes to occur, that means a lot of things all over the place.
I am not a fan. But the only way out is through.
One thing I like about HBOMax is that they have a category called “leaving soon.” It’s so very handy to catch the things that soon won’t be there. Because of that category, my morning chores were spent with the young Jesse and Celine (Before Sunrise) and the middle Jesse and Celine (Before Sunset). HBOMax didn’t have Before Midnight, which was a shame, because my middle-aged self likes their middle-aged selves. I rented it, but the rental ran out before I got halfway through.
Such a great trilogy!
I initially dismissed that the handlebar stem on my new bike folded down, though I did like that it could balance independently in an upright position. Those two things came together in a big win that means that I can store my bike in our locked shed!
It wouldn’t fit if the handlebars were sticking out, but folded flat, I’ve got a very secure area for my bike.
This is great news, as I was thinking about storing this bike on the back porch where my old bike had been hanging, but wasn’t feeling great about the level of security.
Thanks, Tern. You were looking out for me and I didn’t even know it!
