Today was Day 1 (of 2) of my motorcycle basic rider’s course.  It began at 6:30am this morning, and lasted until noon.  I was pretty nervous about the class – especially after the bike-dropping incident last weekend. 

Breakfast was a peanut butter and nutella sandwich on the bread butt.  I don’t really remember eating this, since it was about 5:45am.  But I’m sure it was tasty.

Amazingly enough, we made it to the class on time.  They teach it in a big college parking lot, and there were about 10 of us total.  We were assigned a bike.  I got a Yamaha 200 dual-sport bike which was pretty cool.  It looked like this:

It was much lighter than S’s bike, which I was happy about.  But I had a TOUGH time at first. 

Although I wasn’t the first to drop a bike.  There was one other girl in my class, and it was the very beginning of the class.  We were mounted on the bikes but they weren’t turned on, and the instructors were walking us through the basics.  All of a sudden (I was in the middle row of bikes) we heard a loud shriek.  I turned around and saw the girl just falling over on the bike – crashing to the ground.  I have no idea what happened or how she lost her balance but… it was hilarious!  And I immediately felt camaraderie with this girl, since I knew how crappy it felt to drop a bike. 

Mid-morning snack was a protein bar, eaten at the class while on a break.

Let’s just say I had a drop of my own, as well as plenty of stalling and cone-hitting.  But overall, I’m proud of how well I did.  By the end of the class I was able to navigate many different courses with cones and turns, and accelerate and decelerate from 1st gear to 3rd.

Of course, S was pretty much a class celebrity since he already knew anything and is an experienced rider (he rode for 5 years in Switzerland.)  Blah, blah, blah  

It made for a LONG morning.  I was really glad that we signed up for the morning class, though.  When we were done, it was a beautiful day.  The sun was shining and the sky was blue, and the afternoon class was just arriving.  They had to use the whole day attending from 12:30-6pm!  I was glad we still had the rest of the day to do stuff. 

I was starving when I got home.  I made myself a salad,

And had some of these Pop tart popsters I picked up at Tarjay on clearance last week. 

They were ok – they tasted good, but left me hungry and wanting more. 

Mid-afternoon I made some of April’s Low Carb Sweet Bread.  Honey… this stuff is good!  And I’m tickled pink to have another recipe to use my wheat bran in.  Love that stuff.  I had two slices… the first one plan while the loaf was still warm, and the second one about 15 min later with some sunflower seed butter and boysenberry jam:

I am very happy that the sweet bread has come into my life.

By the time dinner came around, I was exhausted.  I made a hodgepodge for S and I.  It was stuffing, vegetables, and sausages.

I don’t really like stuffing that much, so to me this was just ok.  But it was filling, and S liked it.  So he will get the leftovers for lunch

Dessert was Oreo Cakesters,

And now I am snacking on some popchips (sour cream and onion) and a fudgsicle.

Now it’s bedtime for bozos.  I have a bright and early wakeup call for motorcycle class #2!  I’m a ryda!!!