Yesterday was Father’s Day. I’m a big fan of any day that gets me special treatment, and yesterday was just that sort of day.
Unfortunately it started off painfully, with Rianna’s normal wake-up procedure requiring my attention every half hour, until Kim got up with Damien around 8-ish. But after that it was beautiful. I was allowed to sleep undisturbed until just about 11 when Rianna came in to wish me Happy Father’s Day and I was informed breakfast was waiting.
Breakfast was IHOP take-out. Kim had taken the kids and picked up breakfast while I slept. She rocks. I ate too much, but it was good.
Then I was hurried up into the shower to get ready for something, but that apparently didn’t include leaving the house because Kim wasn’t getting the kids ready to leave. I was suspicious.
And what do you know, there’s Guillermo pulling up with his bike racked up on his roof! I didn’t catch on until I noticed Kim wasn’t surprised that he was there. Since I rarely spend time away from the house without the kids, she had apparently decided I should go out and have fun without them. It was very thoughtful of her, and much cooler than most of my attempts at thoughtful gifts.
So we brushed off my bike, oiled up the rusty chain, and headed off to Wakefield Park, in Annadale.
I was a little worried about being so out of shape and attempting any kind of crazy bike ride with Guillermo, but it ended up being at least as much fun as pain. We took a few interesting detours before hitting the main trail and making our way all the way around lake Accotink. At one point I had the pleasure of experiencing a mud puddle in my eye, but after a good water-bottle flushing I was back on track. Near the end of the ride there was a really long up-hill slog, and when we stopped to rest at the end of it I had my first experience ever of nearly puking from overexertion (though I’m betting the big breakfast didn’t help). I survived and we had some fun downhill stuff on the way back to the car.
After a good, hard, muddy ride what do we do? Yup, catch a movie.
We made our way to a theater in Fairfax (yes, still mostly mud-splattered) and got there just in time for Star Trek. I’m happy to report that it was a thoroughly enjoyable action flick, (with all kinds of terrible physics) and I am looking forward to the sequel.
A quick bite at Potbelly and I made it home in time to get the mud off and put Rianna to bed. An excellent day, thanks to my excellent wife.
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