As Ice Cube would say, " Today was a good day!"

I am speaking more of last nite than the actual day. My (Ja'Nae') day was pretty lazy, but that's not different than any other day since we have been here. I sat on the couch for hours debating whether or not I was going to 1) get a job which I was interviewed twice 2) work out to Billy Blanks 3) go bike riding 4) continue to play Tiger Woods golf. Needless to say, my choice was number 4 - Tiger Woods. I played Tiger for a few hours and then decided that I should get ready for my bike ride to Regent's Park to play softball.

I did some research online to figure out the best route as I really was not keen on taking busy roads. Of course I was leaving during rush hour so finding those roads would be difficult. The internet said it would take about 39 minutes to get there. So, I pack my bag and prepare my mind for the ride of the nite.

No helmet and no real sense of where I was going made me a little uneasy about the ride. Not only that, but there were not official bike lanes during the front portion of my trip. However, within 20 minutes I am feeling pretty confident and don't mind riding along with the traffic. Once I get acclimated to riding my bike with traffic, I see the traffic ahead of me has come to a complete stop. Usually when a biker or motorcycle passes through, it is to be on the left. The biker ahead of me decided to pass on the right and the road was only a two lane street. I didn't want to take the chance on getting hit so quickly pull off to the left onto the sidewalk and walk my bike.

A couple blocks later, I am at Kensington Gardens. A lovely park with tons of green space and the Kensington Palace. I have not seen the palace, but heard it is beautiful. As I make my way through the entrance, a bike lane has begun. Thank God!!! I follow the bike lane to the next busy road and once I get there, I realized that I had no idea where to go from there. Do I keep heading North or head East. I pulled out my handy dandy London Atlas map and it showed that I should head Northeast. Of course, it would tell me that. I sit there trying to figure out the best route to head Northeast. Should I head North first and then East or vice versa. Considering that I liked how wide the sidewalk looked heading East....that's where I headed.

I followed a few bikers who seemed to know what they were doing and found myself crusing down streets that weren't too busy. This was very nice. As we are passing the streets, I began recognizing a few of them and see the BT Tower. I know that if I head towards the BT Tower, I am getting closer to Regent's Park. I reached a street called Baker Street and know that we take a tube station from Baker Street to home. So I make it known to the traffice that I am going to turn left when the light turns green. After sitting at the light for a few moments I notice that I can't turn left. Baker Street is a one way street in the opposite direction of where I want to head. Gosh I am such an idiot! Luckily there is a street parallel to Baker Street that I was able to turn onto. From there it was smooth sailing to my softball game!