Manchester NH, not England!!
Yesterday I unboxed my Amazon package that was patiently sitting there for a couple days while I smoked weed and slept:
It's a helmet, a lock, and that other thing is a waterproof case (for your cell phone or whatever essentials that you don't want to get wet).
I was excited to ride my new bike, and a few miles to the grocery store didn't seem like it would satisfy me.
But also I'll need to ease in to peak shape. As a vegan you feel like you can do anything. And you often can, but I've become like a tofurkey vegan lately. Like a chips and soda, smoke weed and melt some daiya cheez type of vegan. It's better than eating animals, but I'm not gonna be leading the Tour de France any time soon either.
So I figured a ride to Manchester, about 18 miles from Nashua (so 36 miles round-trip) seemed about right.
Plus I had already been there once when I flew in to the airport there so it's like "oh, Manchester, that will be neat to visit again".
Quaint little town it is:
When you go down the side streets I'm sure it's different, but the main downtown area is really cute.
The architecture here is beautiful to me, especially as I've gotten used to West coast cities.
Their City Hall is cute too:
Green Roof ftw. Although I don't like when politicians try to jump to the front of a new trend to make it seem like they're actually causing it.
They probably have various permits and zoning and building codes that restrict what other people can do on their roof, and then it's like "yup, first one guyz" 💪 luls
But I still like it.
I was considering getting something to eat but I wasn't super hungry and decided to just drink some Gatorade, and eat at home.
They roped me in with the "2 for $3" thing at the little store, so I drank two.
On the way home I passed a cute little church.
Maybe I'll stop in and worship one day. #YouNeverKnow
I like worship. We're all just trying to figure things out as best we can, y'know? So I don't think you need to subscribe to a religion to share in the celebration of it all, coming together with prayer and thought like that.
I stopped at Shaw's supermarket and bought bread and lettuce and tomato soup, and then fixed myself a meal when I got home.
Old habits die hard, but there will be way more smoothies and vegetables and less oily stoner meals now that I'm cycling.
I didn't feel fatigued at all, like not in a cardio way. But my legs felt like rubber for the last couple miles, and today my body feels like I definitely did something yesterday. I'll rest up.