New Year's Century (well almost)

The plan was to start the New Year off with a Bella Velo Century Ride. Only Tina, Joy, and I were representing. Due to the early morning chill and the fabulous New Year's eve party at Tina's .....we pushed back the start time to 9 am thereby forfeiting the chance to do a full century. On my way to Fiesta Island to meet Joy and Tina, I felt less guilty about the later start time. There were a lot of gals doing the walk of shame. This is the walk commonly seen by girls who are dressed in their best on Sunday morning ......only they are not walking to church. They are sporting Saturday night's high heels and makeup. Yes, anything earlier than 9 am on New Year's day is uncivilized. Brrrr......it's chilly this morning too. I snuggle inside the "Good n Plenty" winter riding jacket my boyfriend Tim got me for Christmas. Uh oh..... hope I'm not "Good n Plenty" or if I am it "Good n Plenty" in a good way. Once rolling, I insist we we stop at Starbucks in Del Mar to consume performance enhancing caffeine and warm up the finger tips. As my brother Tom would say "Let's go to SBUX and get bizzled.".At first, I don't think Joy is really keen on this idea. She still thinks we are going to do a Century today and this will cut into our mileage. I explain to her that most gals are still arriving home from last night's affairs and she agrees to coffee with a smile. Tina's friend Aaron meets us at Sbux to join the ride. I am introduced. I hope he either has a high tolerance for chatter or a hearing impairment. The chatter index on Bella rides is HIGH. I often find myself a little hoarse after riding with the gals. The ride is fun. Just an easy, beautiful ride on the coast to celebrate living in San Diego and the New Year. Tina and I turn around early and only ride 81 miles as we have other things to do today. I want to see my boyfriend. He's leaving the next day for a week of surfing before I meet him in New Zealand. Joy presses on and grabs a few more miles before calling it a day. What a fun way to start the year.