One of my goals is to offset my carbon footprint. Shouldn't be that hard, right? Well sorta wrong. I'm finding that it takes some planning and much forethought to do this.
Take this morning for example. I woke up thinking I will go to Dogwoods and the pet store on my bike. Thinking that the pet store doesn't open until 10am, I had some time to prepare. Right?!? I put a piece in the kiln but I didn't get it in until 9 - 2 1/2 hours in the kiln meant 11:30 at the earliest I could leave. So I did the dishes, went on line, etc. I pushed the times so I turned off the kiln just after 11. Good!
I went to get my bike out, which isn't easy with 6 bikes in our garage and mine is in the very back, behind everything. Now I pulled my pack down, grabbed my phone and wallet and off I went. Half way down the block, shit, I forgot the bike lock. Back I go.
I looked in the car, not there. I looked in the garage drawer where the bike stuff is, not there. Damm!!!!!! I called Dave and left a message. No answer. I texted him. No answer. I called again and he finally picked up. Now, just to give him credit, this was all done in a time span of a few minutes.
Bike lock obtained so off I go again.
One hour to go a few miles. I'm back but have to go out again in the opposite direction this time. But now I'm on foot because looking to pick up some thing that are fragile. I wonder how long this adventure will take.
This was a freebie since I bought some heirloom tomatoes at TJs and this is from the seeds from one that I liked. Either that or it's a weed. Time will tell.
