I got back from my first Rider's Edge class. It looks like it's going to be a really enjoyable class; I learned a hell of a lot just in the 3 hours today. The only downside is that it's in North(!) Houston and I'm coming from Galveston during rush hour. It took me 2 hours to get there (without any wrecks to slow me). I'm pumped, though. Maybe next weekend I can get my license.

And on the ride home I got to watch the moon while they played Mandatory Metallica on the radio. I put the windows down and sang like an uncaged bird, if only for a little while. I'm so free, at night with the crosswind, and the lights and bumps and hills; and on the looong stretches when it's just me and those two yellow (or white) stripes layed out for miles..

But for now it's back into the cage.