Husband had to rescue me!

I always have really excellent plans.  Sometimes, however, my excellent plans turn out a little differently than I had planned. Usually that means that I'm screaming/squealing/whining/scared, while the husband laughs at me and has a grand 'ol time!

Last summer, in China, I thought it would be fun to ride bikes on top of an ancient wall.  In theory, this sounded awesome.  In practice we were riding old cheap bikes on top of a brick wall.  For 8 miles.  In the 95+ degree heat with 95%+ humidity.  We each had only 1 bottle of water, which was not nearly enough!

Wall of death!

Two years ago, I wanted to go the air boats in the Florida Keys to see the alligators.  Then, I made the husband sit on the outside, you know, so the gators couldn't get me.  Then I squealed and made him get away from the edge every time we saw one!

Clearly there were no gators present right now....

One of the best/worst of these examples was 3 years ago in Greece.  They gave us the option to ride a donkey down the side of Santorini.  I wanted to do it SO BADLY.  Andrew didn't think it was a great idea, but said we should do it.  It was the WORST hour ever!  Our donkeys were not attached to each other, and mine liked to both race AND hang off the side of the cliff.  It was super terrifying.  The Donkeys were going crazy, which ended in this little beauty of a picture.

Donkey Attack!

This brings me to my most recent "great idea."  Last week I bought a new bike.  My old bike was stolen and so I've been meaning to replace it.  Finally I got a chance to buy one and decided I would go for my first ride on Monday night.
Andrew and I were going out to dinner, so I said I would meet him there.
5 miles from my house.
At night.
 In the Winter.

Ugggg.  I made it about 3 miles and then called Andrew to come rescue me.  It was cold and dark.  Go figure.  Apparently it's cold and dark in Irvine.  At night.  In the winter.  The speed limit in Irvine is 55 MPH on the streets and apparently street lights are not pretty enough to be up in Irvine.  Luckily husband came to rescue me!

Need a name for her.  Haven't thought of one yet...