The weather was unusually nice in San Diego this Christmas Eve. In the early afternoon as the temp stretched up to about 70 degrees, a group of friends gathered to decorate bikes with as many sparkly things as you could get to fit, dawn Santa hats and ride up and down the ocean walk while playing Christmas music from an iPod system strapped to the back of one of the bikes.
I enjoyed riding leisurely at the back of the pack where I didn't need to think of the pace (as it was being set for me) and where I could hear the music well. The spectators seemed to enjoy it as well. My companions chose red as their dominating color of choice. My green shirt (which I own for playing soccer in, it is our team's color) elicited one of the funniest responses...After a line of "Santas" someone proclaimed "And an Elf!"
Glad I could lend a little balance to the event.
The day also served as another reminder to not take yourself too seriously and to take the time to do the things you truly enjoy. With the great possibility of misspelling her name due to hailing from Holland, I will give it a shot anyway. Jutka, the lady with us in the white shirt has recently gone through many months in a hospital and many surgeries. With her body on the mend, she was like a kid in a candy shop with her renewed freedom to "zoom around" on a bike in the sunshine.
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