UC Berkeley 68 – Berkeley, California – 2002

The streets look different when you’re biking through it 6:30 AM in the morning.  The morning is waking and the streets are wet from calm overnight dew.  People are sound asleep still in their beds and a car passing by is a rare sight to see.  I really enjoyed the morning ride, there is a slight decline in the elevation all the way through the route, so it’s easier going there and a lot hard coming back.  But man, the morning ride… it was quite sensational, beyond words.  Everything was going well until I fell … again.  This is my 3rd fall since I’ve gotten up here since August 17th when I came up here… I didn’t fall hard cuz I wasn’t riding too hard either, but I think I got a foot down before I fell, so no part of my body hurt except my hands.  I got there on time, though.  After the morning formation, we had quite a workout.  We unloaded about a ton, literally, two huge wooden cartons containing 900 pounds in one and 1100 pounds in the other.  Each bag in each carton weighed about 200 pounds, cuz there was only about 4 bags in each wooden box.  And I continued my work for a while, and then I went about trying to order mischelleneous stuff for Captain Powell.  Then I finished his organizing stuff, filing MARKS, then had some lunch, got my weapon assigned to me, and I finished cleaning that in about an hour.  The ride back home finished my 30 mile trek during the weekend.  It’s quite weird now that I bike back home in BDUs and boots, it’s not the most comfortable, but it sure beats trying to pack all my stuff in the bag.  Went to church at 6:45, but I didn’t pay attention to anything.  Just the fact that I went when my body told me not to, I think alone was a feat on its own.  But church means so much more to me when I make that extra effort and go beyond the limits.  I feel more closer to God being tired and not paying attention than not being tired and paying attention.

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