Midnight Bike Racing!

Every weeknight, I have a class from 8:00 to 9:30, and by the time I
finish cleaning up after class and/or talking to Ryan about how classes
went, it's 10:00 or 10:30pm. Then we ride our bikes home (about 8 minutes).

Tonight we finished at 10:30, started off for home, and for the first
time since living in Japan together, we spontaneously burst into a
high-speed, high-stakes, death-defying, all-out bike sprint through the
silent streets and alleys of Yokkaichi.

It was great! The adrenaline was flowing and the competative spirit was
fierce. It was a familiar feeling, but I couldn't remember how long it
had been since I had really pushed myself that hard for the sake of
competition. なつかしい！

Sorry I embellished the title of this post; "10:30pm Bike Racing"
sounded less dramatic, and it's drama I'm going for here.