mood rings...

turns out i do need one.

but luckily i was right. i feel better today. well, not so much now, but a 9.5 hour shift would do that to anybody.

this morning was good though. as hard as it was to get up at 6 am, i felt rather chipper. malorie and i took smoothies to "ride your bike to work day" thing that UTA was doing, down at the provo courthouse. interesting. the mayor read this "proclamation" about why they were having it, about how bicycles are good for the environment, and relieve traffic congenstion, etc. thus improving quality of life for provo residents. there were free bike helmets, and food (jamba, bagels, fruit, water bottles, etc). it was basically a mini social event. malorie and i sat at our little table, with books. she was reading "the other side of heaven" and the mayor came over and talked to us for a minute, and told us about when he had dinner at the grobergs, and whether the movie was accurate.
i couldn't help thinking how incongruous this event was with the homeless people who i saw that morning around downtown provo. there was a bag lady with a prosthetic foot slowly scooting her way down the sidewalk in a wheelchair. and another older man sitting on a bench all morning. and here were all these public figures and supposed leaders eating bagels, drinking jamba, socializing, and congratulating themselves for their effort to improve the lives of provo residents by riding bicycles.
when they biked off, and we were getting ready to leave, malorie and i grabbed one of the many bags of uneaten bagels, and i told her we had to take some over to the homeless man on the bench. so, that was our little robin hood-ette moment. snatcing bagels from the rich to give to the poor. i just wonder if it even occurred to anyone else to share the free food with the people who actually NEED free food. geez!

so, even though the situation was a bit frustrating, we were able to do something good for a really sweet old man, and mal and i felt really great.