What was that about counting chickens?

[trinityvixen]

I was so excited about this past weekend. To be fair, I did get a lot done this weekend. In that way, I have nothing much to complain about. I got my bed frame moved against the wall before the new mattress arrived, so it's now flush with the wall, and I got all the space back that I wanted. I then, even with a bad back, got two queen-sized mattresses up a flight of stairs apiece at my parents' place all on my own. I caught up on at least three television shows, watched all my Netflix movies, got to hang out with hslayer and viridian and tried out a nauseating form of mini-golf. (BLACK LIGHT IS NOT MY FRIEND.)

Nonetheless, I started out the weekend bummed as anything 'cause the bike I ordered was warped enough that I couldn't use it. The front wheel supports, the fork that goes around the axle of the wheel, weren't aligned properly. With one of the supports at a funny angle, I couldn't install the front wheel. It's such a bummer. I had to rebox the bike, drag it to FedEx, and send it back. The place that sold it to me is going to have another shipped to me as of Wednesday. But it won't be here until the week after, so that eats about two weeks worth of what's left of summer (since no matter when it arrives, I'll still have to assemble it and get it tuned up). Which, well, is almost the only time one can comfortably and safely ride a bike in the city. Sigh.

Balls indeed, little icon bear. Balls indeed.

Comments

[jendaby.livejournal.com]

Anything good on Netflix? Sorry to hear about the bike - I hope they're giving you some sort of refund for the inconvenience.

There's a bike rider's league or somesuch in the city - they ride in parades sometimes. :)

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Nothing very good on Netflix. I finished a season of Weeds and finally saw Coraline, to both of which I was indifferent.

I am getting no refund from the place, they are sending me a new bike. I'm just miffed that I didn't place the order at a place in the city. It would have been $100+ more, but that would have included the tune-up, and, had the bike been a problem, I might have found out earlier. Honestly, I might just cancel the new order from them, see if I can't get my money back. We'll see how quickly they ship me a new one.