Another wonderful day and new wheels

Joy joy joy! It was a beautiful day! Training details - road a little over 27 miles today - later in the day. It was a wonderful fun ride. I felt just so very joyful during the ride. It even rained a bit about halfway during the ride. I had to take my bicycle in to get an estimate and schedule it's tune up... (bicycles are like cars... They need tender loving care too). The mechanic took a look... Chain needs replacing... All the wires should get replaced - but not quite now as changing them now before the ride in Maine would be traumatic... The rear tire spins nice... But it isn't true. Translation to normal people speed: it kind of wobbles left and right at least a half an inch... maybe more. The mechanic looked at that rear wobble and said that the recommendation would be to get a new wheel (thinking - not worth trying to fix something that is that far bent). It's interesting - half an inch is considered WAY too much in bicycle tire wobble left and right. But half an inch wobble for a LOT of other things is perfectly good. I wobble a good six inches once in a while and sometimes even more... Must be the shoes... They need to be replaced... That left shoe is clearly a danger to me and I just have to get them replaced. Hubby dear? The mechanic said I need new shoes... So... I got the first partial estimate of $220 for the bicycle tune up. The mechanic is calling around tomorrow to find out where the two wheels will be coming from - yes - we're replacing both the front and the back wheels. He said these new wheels will make going uphill easier... They will be stiffer. And we could have replaced just one... But that'd look weird... And weird we are completely trying to avoid. Ok. Stiffer. Easier to go up hill. They will be black or silver... Not pink... I'm not fast enough to have pink wheels (deep sigh) - I did ask. I'm sure they will be wonderful wheels and my bicycle will gleam even more than usual with them on... And going up hill will be so very much easier. Translation - three pairs of excellent shoes from Nordstroms... Instead... I get shiny new wheels. Better uphill. Stiffer. (deep sigh) I am sure they will be just wonderful. I'm looking forward to extra special bicycle tire gleem, aren't you?