I’ve been talking with my pen pal, Ed, lately about life and the life after a cycle ride – although mine has been considerably shorter…thus far.
Anyhow, the vain girl part of me gets a little frustrated about other things that are more obvious of change.
If you ever plan on a long tour, consider if you can live with this:
1. No more skinny jeans. Actually, you’ll be lucky to even find pants. Never really was a fashion diva of sorts, so I can deal with it…just a little frustrating at times.
2. My skin this winter is dry dry DRY. Even for my naturally oily skin, its unusually dry this winter…in moist town Sh.
3. Sun spots! Yep, lots of them. As my tan slowly fades away, I see the damage. I even had 2 moles removed last month because they were beginning to cause a little trouble.
4….and the kicker…WRINKLES!!!! Especially all around the eyes and the nose bridge. Funny thing, I would try not to squint when riding for this exact reason. Damn it! I lost that battle.
But you know what, I look at these spots, touch those budding eye wrinkles and I can see hundreds of stories and images behind each one.
What have I done?…oh well, I’d do it over again, in a heartbeat. I just have to be better about applying sunscreen when I go back out…very VERY SOON.