Bike Ride Before the Storm

Impending rainstorm, gusty winds, darkening sky: We rushed the bikes out so Charlie could get in some exercise. It’s not that we are fitness freaks; it is that daily physical exertion seems to help Charlie’s overall being (from his sleep—-though yawning, he did not fall asleep until after midnight yesterday—to his speech to his self-control in the face of frustration).

They made it back before the storm came.