Oh, you're doing your clinicals at the VA? I guess I would have pinned you to be stationed at a hospital downtown or definitely closer than 40 something-th and National. If the second half of your voyage involves taking the 18, then yeah, kind of shady. I'm on it twice a day 5-6 days per week so I can attest that all the bus drivers are extremely friendly but the civilians tend to be obnoxious and are, ironically, usually ones that get on at the VA center. That's a pretty late time for clinicals (unless it's AM?) to start, I can't imagine it's going to be very fun being out and about that late at night. D:
Yeah, Walgreens usually has some killer deals sometimes but their food selection is all sugar cereals, pringles, ice cream and microwavable wings it seems. And Metro Mart (isn't that owned by the same people as Pick N Save?) seems nice, but yes, expensive. Their deli is super impressive though. Man, on one of those days where the heat index threw some 100+ degree heat in our faces I can't imagine that hour-long walk back with groceries was a good time. I love walking places, though. I recently went on a long walk where I went from my apartment ('round-a-bouts North and Prospect) to where Brady St. turns into Water, down Brady to Farwell, Farwell to McKinley Marina and then down Lake Dr. to Prospect and back to the homefront. I brought my camera and ended up with some beautiful pictures that I'm excited to get developed (my camera is old school).
Oh no! Not gonna lie, it's nice hearing that I'm not the only one who went so long without riding a bike that I had to relearn balance skills. The kick off is the worst; I think that's the main reason when I'm mentally demanding myself to get a short bike.