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News flash you should read now, re: gay marriage in MA.

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When am I going to learn that if I don't get my bike ready the night before and lay out my clothes, getting ready to bike in will take me an hour, no matter what? I'm not good at remembering this, since getting ready to drive to work takes about five minutes:

* stumble into bathroom and pee (:30)
* brush teeth (:45 to 2:00, depending on mood)
* make face in mirror and sigh exasperatedly at hair (:05)
* move hair from ugly-bedhead-messy to sexy-bedhead-messy (:10)
* walk back into bedroom and don dark clothes from top of pile (1:00, 1:30 including locating and putting on socks)
* slip on shoes and coat, find gloves and keys (:30)
* kiss dilletante goodbye (:15)
* pick up laptop, walk out door (:10)
* walk back into house to get work ID and wallet (:30 to 1:30, depending on whether I've hidden my ID)
* skritch confused kitties (:10)
* leave and lock door (:10)

Yeah, that's about right -- 4:15 to 7:45. So why does it take me a freaking hour to get ready to bike? I have to eat, pee, brush my teeth, digest, check the weather, pick out good clothes for the weather, check the weather again, peek outside to make sure the forecasts aren't lying, mumble about not wanting to bike even though I know I do want to, digest the food from earlier, dither about on LJ, pet kitties, kiss sleepy dilletante's forehead, search around until I find my earwarmer, wrap my laptop in garbage bags and put it in the panniers, pump up my tires, check my brakes, find the right gloves, pee again, put on my shoes, lug the bike and panniers outside, go back to lock the door, and only then can I go.

A wee bit inefficient, I guess.