My Magical Bike

My sister's bike got stolen out of our garage a couple months ago, which was a true tragedy because there is nothing better than a bike during the summer in Chicago. Just as the weather was getting nice... we get bamboozled. But have no fear, there is always a little magic in the air.

I was taking out the trash three mornings ago because its smell was starting to move from the kitchen to other rooms of the house, which is obviously when it's time to take it out. As I'm walking out to the trash, I see a random bike leaning against our car! I didn't know what to do, so I just left it there in case it was one of my nice neighbors' or something. But later that evening I was sitting out on the porch and two kids were trying to steal it, but I defended it and they left it alone! (And by "defended it" I mean I gave them the meanest looking face I could and they evidently thought it was convincing enough) So I moved the bike from the front of our car to the back against the fence... where it remained safe and untouched for 2 days! I feel a connection with this bike for some really strange reason. I can't explain it, but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with reminding me that unexpected things can still happen to leave us feeling a little better.

Alas, the bike was taken when I was out last night. Whether it was by the original owner or some other bike-stealing kids I will never know, but I'm telling myself the owner came back for it. My magical bike may be gone, but I'm still happy it visited for a few days. 

Observations from my Trip

As some of you know, I was just in Paris and London for a short period of time. Here are the observations that I made from that trip:

Paris:
1. Everyone has a dog that looks EXACTLY like they would if they were the canine version of themselves. It's ridiculous!
2. The babies all look like little, serious adults. They don't act like babies... kinda creepy.
3. Everyone drinks rose wines! It reminded me of boxed White Zinfandel.
4. As far as I could tell, the entire thing seemed like a tourist spot. We couldn't find any "real" neighborhoods. It was weird.

London:
1. They have humongous football-sized pigeons!
2. The boys are not attractive. We decided that American girls confuse well-groomed and polite with attractive... draw your own conclusions.
3. They drink like no country I have ever seen before. I loved it!
4. REALLY cool vibe. I would live there in a heartbeat.

...I'll let you know if I come up with more. That is all for now.