Adoooww... pegelnya...

Otot-otot terasa linu, pegal. Ya lengan, ya kaki, ya pantat (oops).
Ini karenanya tadi pagi aku pergi sepedaan sama Pak Ngurah, Chika dan sepupunya Reza, Danny, dan Pak Nyoman. Ga pernah sepedaan jarak jauh, kali ini ga tanggung-tanggung.. 25 miles (+/- 41.75 km)!
Sebenarnya ini acara dari Evanston Cycling Club, dan mereka ada program 25, 50, dan 100 miles. Jadi menurut program itu, 25 miles itu yang paling pendek :p

Kesan-kesannya ikut acara ini :)

• Bangun pagi2 jam 5 (lumayan ada kemauan haha)
• Masukkan sepeda ke dalam mobil. Keluarkan. 2x sehari. Benar2 perlu install hitch on this car.
  
• Di sepanjang route itu pemandangannya bagus. 95% itu daerah perumahan mewah yang rumah-rumahnya.. wah seperti puri. Banyak yang ada taman besar, kadang seperti hutan kecil.
• Bukit2 kecil di sepanjang jalan, hooaaa ini killer sekali soalnya aku paling ga kuat di tanjakan, selalu paling buntut.
• Jalan menurun itu yang paling kusuka! Abis naik gunung biasanya turun gunung, dan sepedaku sepertinya paling cepat kalo pas meluncur. Jadi aku bisa agak menyusul orang2 lain lagi (setelah tadi ketinggalan)
• Saddle (tempat duduk di sepeda) yang bagus itu penting sekali. Aku baru ganti punyaku dan pantat jauuuh tidak sakit seperti biasanya, yeaa!
• Matahari tidak keluar sampe jam 11-an, jadi udara lumayan dingin buatku. Pake jaket penahan angin sepanjang jalan. Orang2 lain tidak tuh.. :-S
• Setelah istirahat di tengah jalan, Pak Ngurah dan aku jalan agak pelan dan di belakang. Eh tiba-tiba, Pak Ngurah liat ada garage sale (jualan barang2 rumah di depan garasi mereka). Wah langsung dia putar balik untuk liat2, dan ya... aku ikut juga, haha. Ini garage sale mungkin sudah dari kemarin, dan hari ini ga ada yang jaga, jd barang2 itu boleh dipungut! Sayang kita bersepedaan, tak bisa bawa barang2 yang besar. Tapi pak Ngurah dapet tas dan pigura foto kecil :D

Akhirnya jam 12 pas aku sampai lagi ke pos utama. Wah, plong!! sudah cuaapeek amit2. Abis makan satu potong jeruk, aku berjemur sinar matahari (soale dingiiin), trus liat ke pantai. Ada.. sekitar 8 anjing, yang 7 besar, yang 1 kecil. Pemiliknya main throw-and-catch (lempar bola untuk dikejar anjingnya) dengan mereka. Menarik juga.

• Bola dilempar. Doggy noleh liat bola, trus lari. Masih lari. Eh celup air. Sekarang renang. Renang terus. Dapet deh! Eh, kok doggy bisa renang meski engga diajarin??
  
• Target dilempar. Doggy noleh tapi tak tau targetnya jatuh ke mana. Noleh lagi ke pelemparnya. Lalu ditunjuklah targetnya. Cari lagi. Geleng-geleng si doggy, tidak tau. Liat lagi ke pemiliknya. Beberapa kali lalu dapat. Kadang larinya salah arah. Poor doggy :-)
• Target dilempar. Doggy lari. Eh, doggy tetangga yang sahut targetnya. Oh oh.
• Doggy pooping on the sand. Yah, untung pemiliknya bawa plastik sampah. Dipungut. Trus dikemanain ya? Lupa.
• Jadi pingin punya doggy.
  

Siang hari masih latian gamelan lagi. Ooowww... capeknya. But it is a good day, good time with Pak Ngurah and friends. Moga2 besok bisa bangun nih.

I was feeling pretty overwhelmed earlier.. not as a result of any specific issue but a multitude of them. Especially now is the end of the weekend. I didn't finish all the things I have planned to finish. Sigh.
Then I read a devotion from K-Love, which I'd like to share here. It says:

When trouble comes, do these three things:

1. Get alone with God.
Psalm 27:5 says, "In the time of trouble, He shall hide me in His pavilion"
All hell could break loose around you but it didn't matter, in the secret place there was peace.
Are you allowing things to overwhelm you that really don't make a difference?
Are you upset over things that should be dismissed as trivialities?

2. Refuse to live beyond help because you have an image to uphold.
The Bible says those of us who are strong ought to bear the burdens of the weak. There are times when we need to do the lifting; and times when we ourselves need to be lifted.

3. Be sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit for He will constantly remind you of God's plan, and show you how to carry it out.
And here is Jesus' promise in John 14 that really comforted me tonight.

John 14:15-27
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"If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever--the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him."

Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?"

Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.

"All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.