Disastrous days

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Today is going to be a vacation from the Bicycle Diet for me. All started out normal, ready for my usual Monday trip out to the Tremont Cemetery and back. (I even had the good news of weighing in at 237 pounds, my lowest yet.) However, just where I turn left from Davis Road onto Tremont Road, I felt my rear tire going flat. As I know now, the hole in the inner tube was in the exact spot where I supposedly fixed the hole I got yesterday. As a result of today's flat tire, I walked my bike a half mile north on Old Davis Road, before hiding it behind an old black walnut tree near a large field of sunflowers. From there, I walked another hour home, got the car, drove back and picked up my unlocked bicycle.

Today's problem makes three straight days of disaster: Saturday my seat broke on Midway Road and I had a horrible ride back without a functioning seat. On top of that, I broke a spoke and had another expensive repair bill at B&L. Sunday, I got my flat tire just before Road 96 on Covell, about the same distance from home as today's flat tire. And then today, I made it three lousy days in a row.