This morning was the perfect day for them. It was warm and calm as I got to the bus stop; my first thought was that I should be skating into town. If it wasn’t for the fact that I have french homework to finish before class at 6:00, I would have brought them. When our bus broke down, the regret was complete: we’d been picked up by a bus that only goes somewhat close to the work bus stop. It’s only a 10 minute walk or so, but it would have been fun to zip off down the footpath towards the office. Sure, there might have been a slight detour, to make the time on skates worthwhile, but I was late either way. Throw in a half-hour slalom practice over lunch and I’d be sweet for the day. At least until I got back to the city, after work.

The lesson to learn is that I really should have another set of skates at the office¹.

¹ Technically, I have two other pairs of skates, but I need to sell those off. Or trade them for another set of urban skates…