new love, big decisions

As all 4 of you out there (doubled the amount of people following the blog, yea!) have realized, I've been kind of distant lately. Not updating the blog, not responding to emails. There has been a lot going on around here. Recently, there have been big changes in the St. Louis-Sontheimer family. Somebody has found love. And that someone is Jake.

Now, to answer the questions that have undoubtedly surfaced. Yes, Jake is a bicycle. Yes, I name my bicycles. Yes, I name many inanimate objects in my possession. No, I don't think that's unhealthy. No, I'm not surprised my life has come to this. Yes, I need to get out more.

Back to the story, one fine summer day at the bike racks, Jake eyes an attractive bike at a distant rack. He admires her from a distance, her sharp angles, powder blue paint and pink handlebar tape. Here he is when I left him with her in the distance.

I really didn't think anything of it at the time as I had a busy day of saving babies on the schedule. After a full day of baby saving (or "the usual" as I call it) I return and realize that Jake has taken matters into his own hands. Here he is "busting a move".

I personally think that they make a cute couple. I'm worried, though, because Jake can be pretty impulsive. Sometimes he wants to dart into traffic or dive off the sidewalk into mud puddles. It's just kind of who he is. As a cyclocross bike, he feels entitled to going where he wants. I worry (as any parent would) that he might take things too far, too fast. What am I going to do if I arrive at the bike rack and the other bike is there waiting for us with this in tow?

I know that all we can do is teach our children well and feed them on our dreams. Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry. So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.