one more thing...

so my saddle bags for the bike came in today... just one more indication that the fun is about to begin. i am now at least kind of equipment-wise ready for daily 3 hour commutes. we'll see about mentally. They velcro on and each have both a nice handle on them and removable shoulder straps to carry them off of the bike, which is nice. They also have reflective stuff on there that is awesome enough to burn the retinas out of a black cat at midnight during a new moon... just in case i were to ever encounter that.