We went to K&I birthday party on Monday. All the kids were going for a bike ride. I went with Natalie, too. I predicted that Natalie would probably not willing to paddle all the way, therefore I was wearing my roller-blades so that it's easier to push her from behind. I thought I was smart, ha.
After going 1/4 of the trail, Natalie already did not want to paddle. So, I pushed her from behind. But, she didn't like it! I guess she felt it was a little scary. She'd rather get off the bike to walk. But the worst part was, she wanted to drink juice. I brought a water bottle for her, she didn't want to drink water. She kept asking for juice. Sigh ... finally, I gave in. I told her to walk with Auntie Stella, I would push the bike to Louisa's and got some juice back to the trail for her. Then, this tough journey started. I had to bend down to push the bike and I was trying to go as fast as I could, just in case Natalie would give a hard time to Auntie Stella. When I was only one block away from Louisa's, I got pretty tired and the bike suddenly lost control. I was trying to catch the bike so that it would not hit someone's car that's parked on the street. Then, I lost my balance and fell pretty badly. My lower back hurt so much that I had to sit down and rested about one minute before I could continue roller-blading again.
Sigh ... I guess I am a 老人家了, roller-blading at a high speed and pushing a bike at the same time is just not a good idea.
Of course, what happened later was, I still got like 10 packs (for other kids, too) of juice in a bag and roller-blading back to the trail. Kin was very considerate that he also walked to the trail to take care of Natalie.
Thanks to Stella, Alan and Kin!
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