spinnin’

for a few months now, mr. happy stuff has been able to join a group of our friends each monday night for group spinning (riding stationary bikes or regular bicycles mounted on trainers) at a friend’s house. it began when i was in the midst of a cycle of “evening family storytimes” at work on monday nights, so i was unable to join them. tonight, for the first time, i was able to spin with friends and wow. it’s so much better than spinning alone. we brought along our animaniacs dvd and i actually cycled through three episodes (a full hour) which is about one or 2 episodes longer than i’m likely to bike when i’m alone. amazing what group mentality can do for motivation. then, we all enjoyed dinner together afterwards. luckily, i don’t have very many monday night programs coming up this semester and i’ll be able to participate each week. hooray!