What a Difference a Day Makes

yesterday, i was riding my bike from work to an unplanned cubs game. north bound at navy pier the police officer says to me as i'm waiting for the light to change, "i love blue eyes. you want me to stop traffic for you?" my response was, well, you could do that, but i'm in no hurry. if i'd only known that there would be a million people out at 6:00 on a tuesday enjoying chicago's first real 80 degree day, i might have taken that officer up on his offer to speed things along.

and then today. i'm running home from work. this time, i'm going south, so less people is to be expected. except today, my only other interaction was with a goose. the goose hissed at me for running too close to it's chick. i picked up the pace. i'm pretty sure that goose could have done me some major damage.