Oversight

I might have jumped the gun on launching this site and gearing up for this lifestyle change by overlooking one basic fact: I do not currently own a bike.  The short version as to why is that we recently moved from the East to the Midwest.  I owned a bike when we loaded all of our belongings onto a truck in North Carolina.  When we settled into Indiana and all of our belongings arrived, I was no longer the owner of a bicycle.  It seems that it was “lost” somewhere in between here and there.  I have my suspicions.  More to come on this later. 

There is a silver lining to this misfortune.   My previous ride was a mountain bike and I have reached a stage where I need a road bike to accomplish my cycling goals.  So, instead of having to justify dropping serious cash on a new road bike in addition to maintaining my mountain bike, I can play the sympathy card with my wife for having my old bike stolen.  Um, I mean lost.  So far, it has worked and she is on board with the plan to reinvent, re-energize, and reinvigorate myself.  And why wouldn’t she be? A slimmer, trimmer, more energetic me has benefits for her as well.  I have been informed that there will not be more to come on this later.  

 

Back to the problem at hand:  I have no bike… and no money.   Another small detail overlooked.  After reviewing the family finances I have found the reason that my wife keeps the books.  We have little discretionary money and it seems that anything left over after bills, kids, food, etc is quickly rerouted and used for one of dozens of projects to “beautify” our home.  After deciding that a happy marriage and comfortable home are more important to me than prosecuting my wife for improper use of funds, I realize that I am on my own.