Bike riding

My usual outdoor activities started closer to 5 o'clock, once the weather became sunny and dry. Despite the rain earlier in the day, the ground was still comfortable enough for a bike ride, so I headed out as usual, wearing my damaged New Balance sneakers. I had cut them during one of my previous bike rides while trying to avoid obstacles on a forest trail, but they're still comfortable enough to keep wearing. Other than that, the ride was pretty ordinary. I cycled through forests and along highways, where I noticed horses and a wild rabbit sitting on the forest trail. It didn't get scared of me—it just noticed me, looked around for a moment, and then calmly continued on its way.

The day went quite well, without anything unusual or unexpected. I tried to spend it as productively as I could and complete some of my tasks while staying at home during the cloudy weather. Fortunately, the weather improved during the second part of the day, which gave me another great opportunity to leave my place for a bike ride among the trees on the forest trail.

These days have been a bit cloudy, but without any rain that could bother my outdoor activities. So while the weather gives me the opportunity, I keep working on the goals I've set for myself. Even though it's just 10–15 km across fields, meadows, and forests surrounded by hills, every ride is enjoyable. Not only do my bike rides help me keep my body toned, but they also give me the chance to enjoy nature and take photos along the way. Because of that, I've been especially busy experimenting with photography during my rides over the last few days. This time, I tried taking photos where I included my mountain bike along with parts of my body, like my hands and legs. I think that kind of perspective is interesting and a bit unusual.

Yesterday, I was wrong about the obstacles in the forest, saying that all of them had been removed. Today, when I reached the forest and started riding along the trail, I noticed that all of those obstacles had been restored. But after restoring them, some of the obstacles became much stronger than before. If they had used only small branches and fallen trees before, now that crazy guy—or guys—used huge, long logs, which can be quite challenging to move without extra help.

The day was unusual, even though I didn't do anything special or new. I just visited my relative's place and talked with my nephew about my former workplace and the military clarification summons. He didn't know that I had been fired a month ago, and he only knew about the summons from the military office through my blog when he checked it. I also returned his drill, which I had borrowed two weeks ago when I fixed the balcony floor.

Here I’ve shared some moments about how I was fired, and since that day I haven’t looked at the job market. I didn’t even update my resume because I had no plans to start working again. But today, a few messages from Telegram caught my attention. They came from my former workplace's channel, where they had forgotten to remove me. Unfortunately, after a few minutes, they realized I was the odd one out, and I was removed from the channel.

At 1 AM, when I finished my tasks and started getting ready for bed, I noticed lightning and heard loud thunder. It felt like the thunderstorm was directly over my city, making so many scary sounds. But the lightning was especially adorable because it flashed across the sky, leaving bright flashes that illuminated everything in the darkness. Honestly, it was really dark since the streetlights were turned off and the sky was covered with dark clouds.

During my outdoor activities, when I rode around the meadow, I noticed about twenty horses with their babies in the green field. The babies were actively jumping around their moms. Even when I came closer to them, they didn't seem scared of me. Probably I was much more scared than they were, because horses can be unpredictable when they have babies. Fortunately, all those horses just lifted their heads to check who was coming and then calmly continued eating the grass. So I took it as a good sign to take a few pictures for my blog collection.

Today I completed another 10K during my bike ride under the hot sun while a fresh breeze blew directly into my face. Of course, after yesterday’s rainy weather, the ground was still slippery. So I decided to ride along the highway instead, without going through the forest trail or any country roads. In my opinion, it was the safer and more comfortable choice, even though I usually enjoy riding through forest trails. Even though I only used the highway, I still managed to complete my planned distance successfully.

Yesterday, I finished my day with a bike ride around my city after a very busy day, which I mentioned here. Despite ending the previous day with dry weather and a colorful sky, this day was absolutely crazy. It started with a rainy, foggy morning, with the temperature around 10 degrees. On top of that, it rained non-stop throughout the entire day under gray clouds, which made the day feel more like an autumn day in the middle of summer.

This day was quite calm overall, with nothing extraordinary happening, and I didn't receive any news. The weather wasn't bad, though; it was a sunny and warm day. So I started my regular outdoor activities again along my usual route after taking a week off. I was glad to get back outside, because last week was very crazy, with uncomfortable weather conditions that forced me to miss my outdoor activities and broke my daily consistency. Luckily, I didn't lose my experience and still easily finished my 10K.

Finally, I had a sunny day, and it continued throughout the day without any rain or other uncomfortable conditions. So my bike ride was pretty enjoyable and more interesting than on previous days, even though I repeated the same route. But while I rode around the river, some areas of the ground were still a bit slippery after yesterday's thunderstorm, which made my ride especially interesting and, of course, a little messy. Honestly, I thought the ground could be much more slippery than what I saw during my ride. Fortunately, nothing crazy happened. While riding my bike through the grass, my bike's wheels actually became cleaner than before.