A day of being a (almost!) veal

I kinda stupidly picked up a freelance gig and it has proven to be a bit more involved than I thought when I first signed on. So I took the day off from my REAL job (dumb) so I could make the other gig's deadline. I started a-codin' around 9 AM; I worked through lunch, having little more than a tasteless tamale to keep me burning. At around 3PM I spied Weather.com and its amazing declaration of:

66 DEGREES.

Holy shit. I SCRAMBLED to get to a finishing spot with the work. So around 4 I finally managed to jet out the door and head to the lake.

O.K. Sure it was warm-ish, but what the FUCK was up with all that damnable wind? It's the ultimate catch-22: Anytime "nice" weather rolls through this burg, it's always heralded with the gusts from HELL.

So it goes. But it was sure nice not having to wear the ole ninja mask, ski gloves and long pants. It felt mighty proper wearing shorts, t-shirt and summer gloves again.

How were everybody else's "warm" day activities? I woulda beat myself up pretty proper if I hadn't got out in it for a bit.

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Permalink Reply by GabeW (not the other Gabe) on March 5, 2009 at 3:38pm
damn bottom bracket crapped out on me last night....was looking at this sunny warm weather and was just dreaming. Wont have time to fix it until tomorrow night. :(
Permalink Reply by mike w. on March 5, 2009 at 3:55pm
"Transitional weather" i call it... makes packing for the commute interesting. 6AM was windpants and nylon/wool wind jacket, earflaps... 4PM was lightweight tights and the wool jersey with the sleeves rolled up, the heavy stuff crammed into the seat bag. Misplayed the AM wind... not too strong yet but enough to make me 2 minutes late at the timeclock...BAH. Homeward was fun with the 30mph-gust tailwind.

Welcome to the MIdwest! 20 or so degree swings par for the course.

i'm liking having daylight on both ends of the trip.

Negotiating the minefield pavements of South Blvd and Sheridan rd is nervewracking to say the least!

Tomorrow: rain...

Ah, Spring any day.
Permalink Reply by Rachel on March 6, 2009 at 1:27pm
When I moved here from NYC, I notice a unique Chicago phenomenon: immediately when the weather soars way up above, oh, 51, Chicagoans come on out in shorts and flip flops. You see alot of this in early April. Wackinoidal.
Permalink Reply by David Travis on March 6, 2009 at 2:13pm
You will notice, if you track or remember wind patterns, that in the winter and spring we always have strong winds whenever the temperatures swing quickly upwards to unseasonable highs. Today it was less windy because the area of low pressure was so big that there was not a steep pressure differential. Guess the lesson is that cycling will be better on the second day, if it does not rain. See the NOAA weather map at http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/sfc/satsfc.gif
Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on March 6, 2009 at 3:43pm
Yes you caught me last night in sandals! I should have listened to you....my feet were freexzing on the ride home tonight !

Rachel said:
When I moved here from NYC, I notice a unique Chicago phenomenon: immediately when the weather soars way up above, oh, 51, Chicagoans come on out in shorts and flip flops. You see alot of this in early April. Wackinoidal.
Permalink Reply by David Travis on March 7, 2009 at 1:39am
H3,
I'm only a sailor who keeps track of the wind and weather. I do it all year as I have an iceboat too. Sorry I know nothing about barometric pressure and joints. Perhaps its a good question for Skilling. Love reading your comments on the chainlink - always intelligent.

h3 said:
David Travis said:
You will notice, if you track or remember wind patterns, that in the winter and spring we always have strong winds whenever the temperatures swing quickly upwards to unseasonable highs. Today it was less windy because the area of low pressure was so big that there was not a steep pressure differential. Guess the lesson is that cycling will be better on the second day, if it does not rain. See the NOAA weather map at http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/sfc/satsfc.gif

Hey David, do you do this for a living? I've been trying to better understand the relationship between barometric pressure and joint pain.

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