Leader of the Pack

When you move to Bermuda, everyone tells you not to ride a scooter because they are so dangerous. They are the cause of most of the deaths in Bermuda (in the days before the gang/gun violence that is currently happening). However, if you have to get a scooter to get around (they only allow one car per family), then they always say not to take the third lane. There are only 2 lanes on the streets in Bermuda, one for going east and one for going west. The third lane is the white line on the road in between the cars in the other lanes. One of the sights that still amazes me in Bermuda is seeing all the crazy scooter riders squeezing between cars on the narrow, winding roads here and driving down the third lane. When they see oncoming traffic coming (particularly a bus or truck), they just huddle up next to the car that they are passing and hope that there's enough room for the other vehicle to pass. They weave in and out like this and pass all of the car drivers and, if there's a red light, they all gather up right by the light so it's like a scooter pack. The lights here turn red and yellow (simultaneously) before they turn green. The minute the lights turn red and yellow, the scooter drivers are off. I used to just observe this activity and think "Crazy scooter drivers. I will never ride the third lane. That's so dangerous!" Fast forward to last week. My car was in the shop so I had to take the scooter to work. The traffic is insane going into Hamilton during rush hour. So I decide to just pass a few cars when the coast is clear. Then more. Then I'm driving the third lane all the way into town. The first few times, I would wait for another scooter to go into that lane and follow them. By the time I am closer to town, I'm leading the third lane! Now I can't even drive to town without taking the third lane. It cuts more than 15 minutes off my commute to work! Now I am convinced I need another scooter. Particularly when the weather starts getting nicer (65 on a scooter feels like 40, I promise). I will live out my dream of my white vespa.

Been pretty busy the last few weeks. Vermont trip was awesome, which convinced me that I need to go snowboarding out west in March. Park City or Colorado. Any takers? Then last weekend was beautiful in Bermuda. 68ish and the water was flat calm so we took the boat out both days. The second day, I actually put on my wetsuit and snorkeled for a little bit. We even BBQ'd last weekend...in January!! I'm still back and forth about whether I like island life, but I think I'm back to the liking it phase. Work is busy, which has left little time for me to do my new P90x DVDs I picked up when I was back in the states (BTW, I'm convinced k8e is mad at me and her telling me to get the DVDs was just a big joke so her and x could laugh at me). I did try 36 minutes of it the other day before I decided that baking red velvet cupcakes would be much funner. Must get back into working out though since you actually have to wear a bathing suit when you live on an island!!