Harley Season

Around here it's Harley season.

I had no idea.

I knew these people really loved their bikes and that there are a lot of these people all across the country, but I still just had no idea.

I knew the big 105th Celebration thing was happening in the big city--Milwaukee that is, but I didn't know it would seep out into the burbs.

I didn't know that most of Waukesha would be closed to cars. I didn't know that regular city places like the library would be closed.

I'm sure it has to do with the location, but still, I'm trying to work it out in my mind. The Harley riders came to town because the big city didn't have enough space or beer?

The Little Mr. asked me this morning, "Hey Mom, what does riding a bike have to do with reading a book? Why is our library closed up?"

Umm, yeah, well...

It seems that the library isn't the only one getting into the Harley thing. I noticed in the paper yesterday that the trash collectors have used this as their opportunity to increase their bargin power. It seems that the riders came to town and the collectors went on strike. The trash company has found a "solution" by sending it's "upper levels" into the roads to do the routes and pick up the trash.

I'm all for hobbies and certainly Harley is a huge part of Wisconsin and Miwaukee. We all enjoy seeing them on the road and have a level of respect for those riders, but I am still surprised that their birthday party celebration is slipping into my little life.

Guess we'll be behind schedule with school right from day one. Books and CD's are on back order. Work book delivery delayed. Lesson plans aren't quite done and now we can't get library books until the first day of school. Our first day was already getting taken over by appointments and the first practice of this and the frist session of that, now we're going to have to add on a trip to the library too.

Oh well, can't let it get you down. We'll just study some other subjects more in depth that day.