So I like the term "buff-er". I am not trying to get thinner or lighter. Just more buff. Right now, I need to get some new pants. I've been trying to put off getting new pants as long as possible, because I wanted to see what my pant size would be after I've finished becoming buff-er... but I split yet another pair of pants, so it's probably time for a new pair.

Anyways, I'm moving to a new place, so I have to work on my commute to the new place.

It's not quite trivial and the online mapping services are oriented towards cars. Just because there's a road there and I'm legally allowed to ride on it doesn't mean that it's a good idea to bike it. It's not so much a matter of cars whizzing by (especially when it gets clogged up and I'm actually faster than the cars) but mostly a matter of how likely you are to experience a car from the painful angles. If there are a lot of right turns, for example. The problem is that the subdivision-styled layouts exacerbate this because I'll have to make ten different turns to travel in a straight line if I don't take one of the main drags. I do, however, have a good number of off-road routes to take.

Sometime early next year, I should have a much easier and more direct bike commute when a pair of bike bridges over the highways get completed.

So I've got a 6.2 mile route that's fairly direct and then a very scenic 9.2 mile route that's much more visually interesting. And I'll see how I can tweak it. The shorter route was really scary the first time I tried it until I realized that I could take some side streets and skip out on the bike-unfriendly bits.

I was a little concerned about getting exercise during the rainy season. I don't mind that I may not be making as much progress about being buff-er while it's wintertime, but I don't feel nearly as good when I stop riding for a while. But I did work things out and found that I've got a one-mile walk to a bus stop that's got great timings, so I should be able to use this as an alternate option, even though it doesn't help the endorphin withdrawal as well as the biking does.