los angeles, ca

well, now that arizona is behind me...

some highlights:

• wind that melts your skin
• "enjoy the cool weather" and "it's really not that bad out there today" re: 90 degree days
  
• 'misters' spraying water over outside patio seating...in a desert...
• getting accepted to volunteer at dandelion farm
• last minute cancellation of ALL plans
• it's my bike in a box!
• NOT buying new clothes (i'm so awesome)
  
• migraine headache that had me passed out on the bathroom floor for hours
• gender stereotypes and new state mottos
  
• 1am train with migraine hangover to LA

i arrived in LA at around 9am after (mostly) sleeping off the remainder of the migraine on the train. then i ordered some maps to be delivered to tyler's place (pronto!), half-assedly put the bike back together, then took it back apart to put it in tyler's car, dropped it off at a bike shop to have it tuned up once again, and bought myself some soymilk, bananas, and a mango. i'm pretty sure the best ever cure for hypotonic dehydration is banana mango mash with a glass of soy milk. oh, also, it's delicious.

so i'm in LA for the weekend, mostly on my own, since unfortunatly tyler is hosting his mom and they're going to be in palm springs until monday. my bike won't be ready to go until monday evening, and tho there's a chance my maps will be here tomorrow it's far more likely not til tuesday am, so best case scenario i'll be riding north starting the 26th. apparently, there's a constant headwind riding north up the california coast. that sounds awesome.