Week 1: Expect the unexpected

We survived week one!!! I've been thinking about what sort of celebratory post I will create on Fridays to mark my weeks of carlessness (not carelessness, but carlessness!). "The people on the bus" is tempting, oh, so tempting. . .but let's face it - when it comes to "normal" I'm pretty "odd" myself right now so who am I to judge. . .or poke fun. . .or gawk? On one of my many bike rides this week it came to me - the unexpected! Here's my unexpected list of happenings from week one:

1. We're lucky enough that Corey's truck broke down on my last day of using the car.
   
2. My kids have relatively good behavior during our travels (i.e. no running into the street, no ringing the bus bell when it isn't our stop, staying seated on the bus, no yelling on the bus, no biting each other in the bike, etc.)
   
3. All of the bus drivers I've encountered so far have been friendly and helpful despite all of my "newbie" questions.
4. The bus will drop you essentially anywhere along the route where it is safe for them to stop the bus - even if it isn't a regular stop.
   
5. A nice woman who lives near the bus stop approached me to invite me to park my bike under her carport on days with bad weather so it won't get wet.
6. We didn't miss the bus even once!
7. My neighbor picked up some items at Meijer for us while she was there on Monday and this was a HUGE help to me (even though I initially didn't want to take her up on her kind offer)! Thank you! :)
8. Corey is looking forward to the weekend so he can trade his car for his bike too!
9. We found the bright side of the rain.
   
10. I found two 4-leaf clovers this week during our travels! I hope this luck will last!
    

Cheers to a successful week one!